NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Wednesday, April 2, 1997

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

97-126 - Appalachian NST (Georgia-Maine) - Recovery of Stolen Vehicle
     
A New York state forest ranger discovered an abandoned and burned 1996 BMW on
trail property near Beeman, New York, on the morning of March 19th.  The
vehicle, valued at $40,000, belonged to a 19-year-old male who resides in the
area.  The car was reported as stolen that morning.  Criminal investigator
Nick Valhos of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt NHS is investigating in conjunction with
New York state police.  [Robert Gray, CR, ANST, 3/31]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No submissions.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Public Health Consultants and Sanitarians - The spate of weather-related
incidents in the parks over recent years - from hurricanes to blizzards and
floods - reinforces the need for park staffs to be conversant with related
public health issues.  There are a number of professionals available to
assist you on such issues during any emergency on park lands.  Here is a
comprehensive listing:
     
Public Health Consultants
     
IMR: John Collins, Denver, CO                   303-969-2922 
IMR: Barry Davis, Denver, CO                    303-969-2921 
IMR: Mike Sacoman, Santa Fe, NM                 505-988-6883 
MWR: Terry Langan, Omaha, NE                    402-221-3486 
NER: Alan Schroeder, Boston, MA                 617-223-5222 
NCR: Charles Otto, Washington, DC               202-619-7070 
PWR: Robert Baldwin, San Francisco, CA          415-427-1375 
PWR & AR: Phil Pollard, Seattle, WA             360-871-8731 
SER: Ron Speedy, Atlanta, GA                    404-562-3124 
WASO: Jerry Johnson, Washington, DC             202-565-1120 
WASO: John Hanley, Washington, DC               202-565-1120
     
Park Sanitarians
     
Gateway NP: Alex Romero                         718-338-5232 
Grand Canyon NP: John Beck                      520-638-7707 
Great Smokies NP: Wayne Williams                615-436-1239 
Lake Mead NRA: Steve Spearman                   702-293-8913 
Lake Mead NRA: Shannon Swann                    702-293-8985 
Sequoia NP: Paul Schwarz                        209-565-3144 
Yellowstone NP: Sarah Roser                     307-344-2274 
Yosemite NP: Bernice Dommer                     209-379-1083
     
[Jerry Johnson, PHS, WASO]

MEMORANDA

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EXCHANGE

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OBSERVATIONS

This section, which appears intermittently in the Morning Report, contains
observations regarding the National Park Service, the System and the several
professions of park employees.  Today's contribution was sent in by Deanne
Adams in CCSO:

"There may be people who feel no need for nature.  They are fortunate,
perhaps.  But for those of us who feel otherwise, who feel something is
missing unless we can hike across land disturbed only by our foot steps or
see creatures roaming freely as they have always done, we are sure there
should be wilderness.  Species other man have rights, too.  Having finished
all the requisites of our proud, materialistic civilization, our neon-lit
society, does nature, which is the basis for our existence, have the right to
live on?  Do we have enough reverence for life to concede to wilderness this
right?"

                                     Terry Tempest Williams, from
                                     "Refuge"

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