NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Friday, January 31, 1997

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

96-707 - Yosemite NP (California) - Follow-up on Winter Storm Impacts

The sewer line between Yosemite Valley and El Portal was connected yesterday,
ending water use restrictions in the Valley.  The preliminary recovery needs
assessment will be released later today and will appear in abbreviated form
in the Morning Report on Monday.  The Northeast Region's Type II incident
management team (Skip Brooks, IC), augmented by personnel from the Alaska
Fire Service, will assume management of the incident next week.  [Greg
Stiles, Plans Chief, "Highwater '97A Incident", YOSE, 1/31]

96-723 - Indiana Dunes NL (Indiana) - Theft

On December 29th, a number of items were stolen from park dispatcher D.S.'s
vehicle while it was parked in a lot in nearby Portage, Indiana. 
Among the items taken was a government leased pager valued at $230.  A
message was subsequently sent out over the pager system offering a reward for
its return.  Several pages were also sent from a phone with caller
identification capability.  On January 5th, one of the pages was returned,
resulting in the phone number and a name being displayed on caller ID.  The
number was in Portage.  This information was given to a detective in the
town's police department.  His investigation and interviews lead to a suspect
who produced the pager and several of D.S.'s personal items.  Local charges
are pending against one suspect; several other suspects have been identified,
and an investigation is underway into their involvement in the theft.  [Rich
Littlefield, CR, INDU, 1/30]

97-35 - Hawaii Volcanoes NP (Hawaii) - Volcanic Eruption

A series of intense seismic tremors and a massive deflation of the summit of
Kilauea occurred on the evening of January 29th, indicating a magma thrust
into the East Rift zone within the park.  The park was notified of a possible
eruption at 10 p.m.  A large, shallow earthquake was felt by park residents
at 3 a.m. the next morning; at the same time, a bright glow was seen in the
area of Napau Crater in the Southeast Rift zone.  Investigation confirmed
that three eruptive fissures had appeared in the floor of the crater,
producing 50-foot high fountains of lava, and that a large part of the Pu'u
O'o cone had collapsed.  The three eruptive fissures shut down around 9 a.m.,
but one of them later resumed erupting.  At the time of the report yesterday
afternoon, the summit of Kilauea was still deflating, and seismic tremors at
the summit continued to be numerous.  The eruption is in a remote section of
the park and lava flows are not presently threatening populated areas outside
the park.  A total of 37 park employees are committed to the incident.  This
is the 54th episode in the continuing Pu'u O'o - Kupianaha eruption.  [Yvette
Ruan, CR, HAVO, 1/30]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No submissions.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Reports pending.

MEMORANDA

No submissions.

EXCHANGE

Rock Creek Park - The park is interested in hearing from parks who have dealt
with biological assessments of air pollution, particularly in the use of
plants to determine the severity of air pollution in an eastern deciduous
forest.  Contact Eden Crane at 202-426-6834 or via cc:Mail.

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