NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Tuesday, February 11, 1997

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

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

Repairs to Highways 120 and 140 continue to be the focus of recovery efforts,
but work is also continuing on the sewer system, campgrounds, and other parts
of the park's infrastructure.  The incident is now in its 42nd day and has so
far cost just under $11 million.  Goods and services are being purchased
whenever possible from local communities that typically derive much of their
livelihood from park visitors.  The park to date has purchased about $560,000
in tools, equipment and other items from these communities, and continues to
rent vehicles, lodging and construction equipment from businesses in the
surrounding area.  At present, there are 513 people (419 NPS, 30 USFS, 10
BLM, and 58 Mariposa County) committed to the incident.  [Scott Gediman, IO,
YOSE, and YOSE PIO Staff, 2/10]

97-49 - National Capital Region (D.C.) - Death of Employee

Park Police sergeant F.D., 37, and his wife, M.D., were involved in a
motor vehicle accident on a snow and ice covered road in the Maryland suburbs
of Washington, D.C., late on February 8th.  Sergeant F.D. was killed and his
wife was critically injured.  He had been with the service for twelve years
and was assigned to the aviation unit at the time of his death.  A wake will
be held on Wednesday at the Francis Collins Funeral Home in Sliver Spring,
Maryland, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.  The funeral will be held Thursday
morning at 10 a.m. at St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church in Bethesda.  [Einar
Olsen, RCR, NCRO, 2/10]

97-50 - Badlands NP (South Dakota) - Winter Storm Impacts

Heavy snows, prolonged near-zero temperatures and an unusual freeze-thaw
cycle have caused a series of ice jams on the White River between its mouth
at Chamberlain and the town of Interior.  On February 1st, a five-mile-long
ice jam occurred east of the Highway 44 bridge near the park's Cedar Pass
developed area.  The subsequent river backup and flooding inundated the four
wells on the south side of the White River which supply water to the park's
headquarters building and residential area.  Water filled the well field to a
depth of several feet, then froze over.  Due to the contamination of the well
system, the park is currently relying on its stored water supply, which has
been isolated from the well field.  A 500,000-gallon underground tank and
pump house located on the north side of the river remain in operation,
although flood waters reached within inches of the well house at the height
of the flooding.  The developed area is supplied by two 30,000-gallon tanks
located on the ridge north of the visitor center; they are currently being
replenished from the larger tank.  Weekly consumption is approximately 20,000
gallons, so water conservation measures have been initiated.  The White River
remains ice jammed and adjacent lowlands remain flooded and/or ice bound. 
There is no immediate threat to the potable water supply, although the park
will be dependent on stored water until the well field can be evaluated,
required repairs can be made, and the system decontaminated.  Without
setbacks, this process will likely take up to ten weeks.  Current warming
trends may bring renewed flooding as the snow cover melts.  The park has made
arrangements to dike and sandbag the pump house if necessary.  Should those
efforts fail and the pump house be flooded, the main reservoir has two feet
or so of additional freeboard.  That scenario would, however, require pumping
and trucking water from the main tank to the two tanks which directly supply
the developed area.  [Bill Supernaugh, Superintendent, BADL, 2/10] 

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No submissions.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Reports pending.

MEMORANDA

No submissions.

EXCHANGE

No submissions.

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