NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Monday, February 10, 1997

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

97-46 - Golden Gate NRA (California) - Armed Robbery Arrests

Two men with a handgun accosted a tourist near the Cliff House just before 9
p.m. on February 6th.  One held a gun on him while the other patted him down,
found and removed a wallet, and took the contents.  Both then fled. 
Investigation revealed the city police had reports of similar armed robberies
with descriptions which matched those of the two men.  The victim in one of
the previous robberies had gotten the license plate from a vehicle used by
the suspects, and they were stopped shortly thereafter by police in Daly
City.  The victim positively identified the pair as his assailants.  The
stolen cash and handgun were recovered.  Both of the assailants were on
parole from state prison.  [Lt. Kevin Hay, USPP, GOGA, 2/7]

97-47 - Golden Gate NRA (California) - Burglary Arrest

Park Police officers Madore and Bottomly came upon a damaged door at the
bowling alley in the Presidio at 5:15 a.m. on February 6th.  They requested
back-up, and a perimeter was subsequently set up with all exits controlled. 
An interior search led to the discovery of a man trying to conceal himself
behind a counter.  C.K. was taken into custody and relieved of the
$113 he'd stolen from the manager's office.  Investigation revealed that
C.K. was also responsible for two other recent burglaries in the Presidio -
one at the Tides Foundation, where he stole cash from the snack bar, the
other at a private residence, where he stole clothes and shoes.  C.K. is a
self-described methamphetamine addict who lives on the streets of the city. 
[Lt. Kevin Hay, USPP, GOGA, 2/7]

97-48 - Coronado NM (Arizona) - Drug Seizure

While on patrol on February 6th, rangers Scott Sticha and Ned Kelleher, on
detail from Chiricahua NM, discovered 184 pounds of marijuana hidden in a
manzanita bush near the park entrance road.  Smugglers backpack the marijuana
and cache it in the areas near the road, where it is later picked up and
transported from the area by vehicle.  Since the beginning of the year,
Border Patrol agents have also seized 1,000 pounds of marijuana which has
been transported through the park by vehicle.  In one recent incident, the
driver set fire to his vehicle in an attempt to escape.  He was arrested and
taken to a local hospital for treatment of burns on his hands.  [Scott
Sticha, CORO, 2/7]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Big Cypress NP (Florida) - Invasive/Exotic Plant Control

An agreement has been reached between the park and Dade County which will
provide for the control and monitoring of Melaleuca quinquenervia, an exotic
pest tree, from over 20,000 acres of mixed prairie and cypress stands in the
park.  The project, which will use non-appropriated Dade County funds, has
three phases - initial treatment, re-treatment, and long term monitoring. 
The initial treatment of all the melaleuca was completed last month.  A
private contractor has been hired who will cut and treat over 3.5 million
melaleuca trees and manually pull another 1.5 million seedlings.  Re-
treatment will commence in late spring.  The county is engaging in the
project to mitigate wetland impacts which resulted from the construction of a
correctional facility.  For more information, contact Tony Pernas, vegetation
management specialist, via cc:Mail or at 941-695-4111 extension 23.  [Ron
Clark, Leader, Resource Management Team, BICY, 2/7]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No submissions.

MEMORANDA

No submissions.

EXCHANGE

No submissions.

MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS CALENDAR

Two calendars alternate in the Morning Report on Mondays - this one, which
contains meetings, conferences and events, and a second, which contains
workshops and training courses.  If you know of a conference, meeting,
workshop or training session with Servicewide interest and implications,
please send the information along.  Entries are listed no earlier than FOUR
months before the event, EXCEPT in instances in which registration dates
close much earlier.  Asterisks indicate new entries; brackets at end of entry
indicate source of information.  Brevity is appreciated.

2/12-13 -- Ninth Annual Conservation Law Enforcement Association (CLEA)
Conference, Prescott, AZ.  The annual conference draws some 225
law enforcement officers from local, state and federal
conservation agencies throughout the Southwest.  The conference
has been recognized by federal agencies and AzPOST for 16 hours
of law enforcement training.  Contact: Dwayne Collier, SOAR, by
name on cc:Mail or at 602-640-5256.  [Dwayne Collier, SOAR]

2/16-21 -- 50th Anniversary National Meeting, Society for Range Management,
Rapid City, SD.  Topics include disturbed area reclamation,
rangeland assessment, inventory and monitoring, rangeland
wildlife, rangeland watersheds, coordinated resource management,
simulation modeling of rangeland ecosystems, livestock and
wildlife management issues, grazing management and livestock
production, rangeland ecology, and the history of range
management.  Cost: $165 for non-members before January 12th, $110
for members; costs after the 12th are $215 and $160,
respectively.  The two day rate is $30.  Contact: 1997 SRM Annual
Meeting, PO Box 575, Huron, SC 57350-2475; 605-352-1270 (fax). 
[Bruce Bessken, BADL]

2/17-20 -- "Integrating Spatial Information Technologies for Tomorrow," GIS
'97 Conference, Vancouver, BC.  Contact: Michael Rauscher, Forest
Service, Bent Creek Experimental Forest, 1577 Brevard Road,
Asheville, NC 28806; 704-667-5261 x 102 (phone); fswa/
s=m.rauscher/ou=s29a@mhs.attmail.com (Internet).  [Kathy Jope,
CCSSO]

3/6-8 -- "Museums and the Enlightened Tourist," American Association of
Museums, Charleston, SC.  Contact: 202-289-1818 (phone); 202-289-
6578 (fax).  [Diane Vogt O'Connor, DCA/WASO]

3/6-9 -- "Folk Art: Is It All Over?", Symposium, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
Contact: Catherine Gray, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 902-424-7542
(phone), 902-424-7359 (fax).  [Diane Vogt O'Connor, DCA/WASO]

3/10-12* -- Western States Zebra Mussel Task Force Meeting, Portland State
University, Portland, OR.  Sessions will be held on zebra mussel
biology, ecology, risk assessment, monitoring, planning and
prevention; there will be workshops on identification and
monitoring.  Contact: Linda Drees, USFWS, 913-539-3474 ext. 20,
or at Linda_Drees@fws.gov.  [Sue Jennings, RMS, SACN]

3/10-13 -- "Improving Wetland Assessment: Applying Science Through the
Hydrogeomorphic Assessment Approach and Other Methods,"
Symposium, Association of State Wetland Managers, Annapolis, MD. 
contact: ASWM at 518-872-1804 or http://members.aol.
com/ASWMI/wetlands97.html.  [Leslie Krueger, AQD/WASO]

3/13-15 -- Second National Women in Historic Preservation Conference, Mesa,
AZ.  The pre-registration deadline is February 176th.  The
conference is made possible in part by special funding from the
Service's cultural resource training initiative and has been
approved as official training for NPS employees.  Contact: Eve
Carr or Claudine Barnes, Arizona State University, Women's
Studies Program, P.O. Box 871801, Tempe, AZ 85287-1801, or via
Internet at either of the following two addresses: ecarr@asu-edu,
cbarnes@asu.edu.  [Vivien Rose, WORI]

3/14-18 -- 62nd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference,
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC.  Contact: Richard McCabe,
Wildlife Management Institute, 202-371-1808.  [Frank Panek,
WRD/WASO]

3/17-21 -- "Making Protection Work: Parks and Reserves in a Crowded,
Changing World," Ninth Conference on Research and Resource
Management in Parks and on Public Lands, Albuquerque Marriott,
Albuquerque, NM.  Sponsored by the George Wright Society. The
conference has been approved as official training for NPS
employees.  Registration fees vary; the return registration form
may be found at the GWS Web site at http://www.portup. com/~gws/
gws97.html.  Contact: GWS, 906-487-9722.  [Dave Harmon, George
Wright Society]

3/25-27 -- Meeting, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Review Committee, Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education,
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.  The agenda will include
discussion of the disposition of culturally unidentifiable
remains, compliance by federal agencies, and implementation of
the statute in the state of Oklahoma.  The meeting is open to the
public.  Contact: Frank McManamon, Archeology and Ethnography,
WASO, at NP-WASO-DCA.  [Federal Register, Vol. 61, No. 241, p.
65596]

4/1  -- Deadline for submission of abstracts for 14th International
Estuarine Research Federation Conference, to be held October 12-
16 in Providence, RI.  The theme of this conference is the state
of our estuaries.  Topics will include the consequence of human
development in the coastal zone, the recovery of bays and
estuaries, the effects of sea level rise on estuaries, and
phytoremediation.  [Susan Joffre, SEFO]

4/12-16 -- Fifth National Conference on National Historic and National
Scenic Long-Distance Trails, Orlando, FL.  Contact: Florida Trail
Association, 1-800-343-1882.  [Sheila Lee, NCRC]

4/26-30 -- Annual Meeting, American Association of Museums, Atlanta, GA. 
Contact: 202-289-1818 (phone); 202-289-6578 (fax).  [Diane Vogt
O'Connor, DCA/WASO]

4/27-30 -- "Future Natural Resource Management: Science vs. Politics," 53rd
Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Sheraton Tara,
Framingham, MA.  Papers in fisheries, wildlife, law enforcement,
information and education, and conservation engineering are being
solicited.  Contact: Rob Deblinger, program chair, 508-792-7270
ext 128.  [Frank Panek, WRD/WASO]

5/28-30* -- "The Monument to Robert Gould Shaw and the Fifty-fourth
Massachusetts Regiment: History and Meaning," public symposium,
Boston, MA.  The symposium is part of the centennial celebration
of the monument, and will also include a public ceremony at the
site of the monument and an encampment and parade of African
American Civil War reenactors.  No charge.  Contact: Erin Beatty
at NP-BOST or 617-242-5668.  [Erin Beatty, BOST]

9/25-29* -- Second World Congress, International Ranger Federation, San Jose,
Costa Rica.  This notice is being posted earlier than usual
because early registration is important in order to ascertain the
number of delegates for purposes of congress planning and
reservation of hotel rooms.  The theme of the congress will be
the role of rangers and park managers in sustainable development
and ecotourism.  Participants are expected from 40 to 50
countries, and a program is being planned which will be of broad
interest to rangers and park managers.  Registration is $600 per
person for double occupancy and $850 for single occupancy in a
four-star hotel; the fee includes six nights' lodging, all meals
and tips, transportation to and from the airport, and
transportation for the field trips to several nearby Costa Rican
national parks.  Congress organizers are asking that those
planning to attend register in advance - even with a partial
payment.  Payment can be made by VISA or Master Card.  Contact:
Lyn Rothgeb, Congress registrar, 730 East main Street, Luray, VA
22835; 540-743-1775 (fax and phone).  [Bill Wade, SHEN]

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