- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, June 9, 1997
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Monday, June 9, 1997
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
INCIDENTS
94-528 - Canyonlands NP (UT) - Follow-up on ARPA Arrest
On June 5th, E.S., a notorious area pot hunter, was sentenced in
federal court for his 1995 conviction of violating the Archeological
Resources Protection Act, damaging government property, and for being a felon
in possession of a firearm. The ARPA violations stemmed from the looting of
two remote archeological sites in Canyonlands NP and the Manti-Lasal NF in
1991 and two sites on BLM lands near Natural Bridges NM in 1994. E.S. had
originally been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison by the chief federal
judge for Utah. In those proceedings, the government argued that the remains
of the child removed from the Canyonlands site during the looting should be
considered those of a victim and thus warrant a "vulnerable victim"
adjustment of 15 months during sentencing. The judge agreed. But the ruling
was reversed on appeal to the 10th Circuit, which stated that considering the
remains of the child as those of a victim was inappropriate. E.S. must
serve 63 months in prison and three years' supervised probation, and must pay
$5,500 in restitution to the government - half to Canyonlands. During the
December, 1991, looting incidents, E.S. conspired with two other men - one
an OAS-carded helicopter pilot - to fly into the park and forest and excavate
the two sites. The flight was made during very inclement weather when law
enforcement officers are less likely to be out and about, a technique used by
wildlife poachers in Alaska. After making off with the spoils, E.S.
disappeared, stiffing the pilot for flight time worth $5,100 and both the
pilot and second accomplice of any money derived from the sale of the
contraband. The pilot fabricated a story to cover the loss to the helicopter
company he worked for, saying that E.S. was "Andy Blackstone, a movie
scout." He presented the story to the local sheriff and BLM agents in hopes
of catching up with E.S. to recover the helicopter costs and his share of
the bounty. This provided BLM agents with the lead needed to make the case.
E.S. admitted under oath that he has been digging artifacts from public
lands ever since he was a child, and that he has looted sites "thousands of
times." In a 1988 television interview, E.S. bragged that his chances of
being caught were "about one in a million." The assistant U.S. attorney has
characterized E.S. as a "career criminal specializing in natural resources
crime." [Larry Van Slyke, CR, CANY, Pat Buccello, SA, RMRO, 6/6]
95-395 - Hot Springs NP (Arkansas) - Follow-up on Homicide
On June 26, 1995, a visitor hiking just off a trail on Hot Springs Mountain
came upon the body of S.W., 82, of Hot Springs. S.W., a
retired U.S. Farmers Home Administration employee, had apparently been killed
three to four days previously. The agent in charge of the Hot Springs FBI
office at the time characterized the killing as "an exceptionally brutal
murder." T.I. and J.P. were subsequently arrested for the
murder. T.I., now 21 years old, was found guilty of the murder on June 3rd,
and sentenced on June 6th to life in prison without the possibility of
parole. The government had sought the death penalty for the murder. Lengthy
testimony was given at the trial by ranger James O'Donnell and by local FBI
agent Tom Ross. The trial for J.P., T.I.'s alleged accomplice, will begin
on June 16th. [Rod Harris, CR, HOSP, 6/7]
97-250 - Gulf Islands NS (MS/FL) - Suspicious Fire
Ranger Dennis Parsons discovered a structural fire at the Santa Rosa day use
facility in the Florida District at 10:15 p.m. on June 4th. The facility was
badly damaged during Hurricane Opal and a government contractor was in the
process of demolishing it for salvage. An unoccupied travel trailer was
fully involved, and the fire was extending into the surrounding structures.
Local fire departments extinguished the blaze before major damage could be
done to government buildings. The fire is under investigation by the NPS and
the Florida state fire marshal's office. [CRO, GUIS, 6/5]
[Additional reports pending...]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY
Sat Sun % Est
State Unit Fire/Incident IMT 6/8 6/9 Con Con
*** No significant fires reported ***
Heading Notes
Unit -- Agency = BIA area; NF = national forest; RU = CA state resource
or ranger unit; RD = state ranger district; District = BLM
district; NWR = USFWS wildlife refuge
Fire -- * = newly reported fire (on this report); Cx = complex; LSS =
limited suppression strategy; CSS = containment suppression
strategy
IMT -- T1 = Type 1; T2 = Type II; ST = State Team
% Con -- Percent of fire contained
Est Con -- Estimated containment date; NEC = no estimated date of
containment; CND = fully contained; NR = no report; LPS = limited
protection status
NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FIVE DAY TREND)
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
Wednesday, 6/4 1 0 4 0 24 6 35
Thursday, 6/5 0 2 2 1 48 10 63
Friday, 6/6 0 3 8 2 40 10 63
Saturday, 6/7 0 3 0 0 393 3 579
Sunday, 6/8 0 1 3 2 17 8 31
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FIVE DAY TREND)
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Wednesday, 6/4 19 29 3 0 0
Thursday, 6/5 8 29 3 3 0
Friday, 6/6 4 21 3 1 0
Saturday, 6/7 4 23 1 0 0
Sunday, 6/8 4 0 1 0 0
CURRENT SITUATION
Fire activity increased yesterday in Alaska, but there was little activity
elsewhere in the U.S. Canada reported an increase in lightning-caused fires
in Ontario and Quebec.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 6/7-9]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No submissions.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
CISD Peer Support Listing - Ranger Activities is updating its list of trained
critical incident stress management peer supporters who may be available for
out-of-park incident callouts. If you're interested in being placed on the
resource list, please contact Pat Buccello via cc:Mail at NP-RMRO or by phone
at 801-772-0180. [Pat Buccello]
MEMORANDA
No submissions.
EXCHANGE
No submissions.
TRAINING AND WORKSHOP CALENDAR
Two calendars alternate in the Morning Report on Mondays - this one, which
contains training courses and workshops, and a second, which contains
meetings, conferences and events. 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.
6/21-23 -- Structural Evaluation and Repair: Masonry, Norwich University,
Northfield, VT. Sponsored by The Preservation Institute.
Historic Windsor, Inc., 802-674-6752. [Steve Hastings, HOAL]
6/23-27 -- Seasonal LE Refresher, Astoria, OR. This refresher will include
a 24 hours of transition training to semi-automatic weapons.
Limited spaces are available for seasonal rangers from other
parks who have not yet transitioned to the new weapon. Contact:
Hugh Dougher, NOCA, via cc:Mail. [Hugh Dougher, NOCA]
6/23-27* -- "Workshop in Visual Resources Management: The New Basics,"
University of Texas, Austin, TX. Fee: $495. Contact: David
Terry, 512-471-3971 (phone), 512-471-3971 (fax). [Diane Vogt
O'Connor, DCA/WASO]
6/24-26 -- Introduction to ArcView 3.0, Santa Monica Mountains NRA, CA.
GIS Website, NPS GIS Bulletin Board, or Leslie Armstrong at 303-
969-2964. [Leslie Armstrong, AQD/WASO]
6/28-29 -- Structural Evaluation and Repair: Wooden Frame Structures,
Norwich University, Northfield, VT. Sponsored by The
Preservation Institute. Contact: Historic Windsor, Inc., 802-
674-6752. [Steve Hastings, HOAL]
7/7-11 -- Visitor Use Management for Managers, Mather TC, Harpers Ferry,
WV. This management level course is designed to provide
participants with an understanding of the legal responsibilities,
administrative aspects, and management applications of outdoor
recreation planning, wilderness management, emergency operations,
land policy and fee management, which will be accomplished
through a series of lectures, presentations by participants, and
group exercises. Contact: Chuck Anibal, 304-535-6215. [Joyce
Howe, STMA]
7/8-12 -- National DARE Officers Association Training Conference, Salt Lake
City, UT. Numerous educational opportunities will presented in
over 40 subject areas. Keynote speakers in the past have
included chiefs of drug policy enforcement, noted educators,
authors and Contact: Tom Cherry, 912-267-2795, or Wiley Golden,
912-267-2246; both are also on cc:Mail by name. [NPS, FLETC]
7/12-16 -- Wildlife Investigator Training, Sheraton Hotel, Colorado Springs,
CO. Sponsored by the North American Wildlife Enforcement
Officers Association and the Midwest, Southeastern and Western
Associations of Fish and Game Law Enforcement Officers. Tuition:
$75. Contact: Dave Croonquist, Colorado Department of Wildlife,
303-291-7216, or Glenn Smith, also CDW, 970-249-3431. [Bob
Martin, REDW]
7/12-16* -- 11th International Entomophagous Insects Workshop, Madison, WI.
Contact: M.R. Strand, University of Wisconsin. 1630 Linden Drive,
Madison, WI 52706, or via e-mail at mrstrand@facstaff.wisc.edu.
[Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]
7/15-17 -- Making Friends Seminar, Minneapolis, MN. Workshop for NPS and
wildlife refuge managers seeking professional assistance in
working with friends groups, volunteers, and other non-profit or
community organizations. Contact: Sue Waldron, 202-208-5477.
[Joyce Howe, STMA]
7/15-19* -- "Managing Preservation for Diverse Collections: The Nature of
Library and Archival Materials," Atlanta, GA. Contact: Ginger
Edmonson, 1-800-999-8558. [Diane Vogt O'Connor, DCA/WASO]
7/17-18* -- Registration of Plant Pesticides, workshop, Arlington, VA.
Contact L. Sallmen-Smith at EPA via phone (703-308-7026, fax
(703-308-8176), or e-mail (sallmen-smith.laura@epamail.epa. gov).
[Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]
7/27-8/8* -- Eleventh Annual Western Archivists Institute, Stanford Terrace
Inn, Palo Alto, CA. Intensive two-week program. Contact:
Administrator, Western Archives Institute, 1020 O Street,
Sacramento, CA 95814, or call 916-653-7715. [Diane Vogt
O'Connor, DCA/WASO]
8/1* -- International Workshop on Vectors of Plant Pathogens: Methods and
Problems of Laboratory Rearing, Tucson, AZ. Contact: R.C.
Morgan, CZI, 3400 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220. [Steve
Cinnamon, MWRO]
8/11-15* -- Introduction to Park Program Management, Mather Training Center,
Harpers Ferry, WV. Contact: Mimi Woodward, AO, GEWA, 804-224-
1732.
8/18-22 -- Environmental Crime Investigative Techniques, New Orleans, LA.
Contact: Lana Burwell, Southern Environmental Enforcement
Network, 334-242-7369. [Einar Olsen, NCRO]
8/17-22 -- Managerial Grid: Phase I and Instructor Preparation Seminars,
Tucson, AZ. Phase I is a prerequisite for attending the IP
seminar. Sponsored by ANPR. Cost: $500 for members, $550 for
non-members. Deadline for applications is July 14th; they should
be sent to ANPR, PO Box 307, Gansevoort, NY 12831. Contact: Ann
Baugh, 520-638-7982, or Bill Wade, 540-999-3400. [Bill Wade,
SHEN]
9/8-11* -- Preserving the Historic Designated Landscape, Mount Rainier NP,
WA. The course is designed to provide training and development
in the management of cultural landscapes, with a particular
emphasis on the issues related to historic designated landscapes
in western national parks. Contact: Anthony Knapp, 304-535-6178.
[Joyce Howe, STMA]
9/8-12 -- Master of "Leave No Trace" Rafting Training Course, Vernal, UT.
Tuition is $650. Applications are due at least one month before
the course starting date and can be obtained from the National
Outdoor Leadership School, 1-800-332-4100 (307-332-8811, fax).
Contact: NOLS or Roger Semler at 406-888-7837. [Roger Semler,
GLAC]
9/8-12* -- The New Superintendent, training course, Shenandoah NP, VA. The
course is intended primarily for newly assigned, first-time park
superintendents at the GS-12 or GS-13 levels. Assistant/deputy
superintendents and SO superintendents may also apply. The
course will focus on organizational values, philosophy, and
concepts that are critical to the thought process that a
superintendent uses to make decisions. Tuition: $375. Closing
date for nominations is July 7th. Contact: Jim Bellamy, HOAL,
520-638-7983. [Jim Bellamy, HOAL]
9/15-19 -- Master of "Leave No Trace" Canoeing Training Course, Ely, MN.
Tuition is $650. Applications are due at least one month before
the course starting date and can be obtained from the National
Outdoor Leadership School, 1-800-332-4100 (307-332-8811, fax).
Contact: NOLS or Roger Semler at 406-888-7837. [Roger Semler,
GLAC]
9/18-21* -- Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Holiday Inn, Bozeman,
MT. A field trip is planned for the last day. Contact:
Information and registration information are on the home page at
http://www.montana.edu/wwrmac. [Ken Cannon, MWAC]
9/19-20 -- Health, Safety and the Environment in Architectural Preservation,
Norwich University, Northfield, VT. The workshop will focus on
health and environmental hazards inherent in materials and
processes used in building conservation and restoration.
Sponsored by The Preservation Institute. Contact: Historic
Windsor, Inc., 802-674-6752. [Steve Hastings, HOAL]
9/22-26 -- Master of "Leave No Trace" Hiking Training Course, Bethel, ME.
Tuition is $650. Applications are due at least one month before
the course starting date and can be obtained from the National
Outdoor Leadership School, 1-800-332-4100 (307-332-8811, fax).
Contact: NOLS or Roger Semler at 406-888-7837. [Roger Semler,
GLAC]
9/29-10/4* -- "Our Shared Legacy: International Conference on the Conservation
and Restoration of Earthen Architecture," Rio Rico, AZ, and
Caborca, Sonora, Mexico. Training course sponsored by the NPS,
Tumacacori NHP, and the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e
Histoira of Sonora, Mexico. The conference will explore the
history, unique architecture and preservation challenges of the
Sonoran region of Mexico and the United States. One day will be
spent on a preservation needs assessment on Mission Cocospera in
Sonora. Contact: David Yubeta, TUMA, 520-398-2341 ext 23, or Ann
Rasor, ext 21. [Ann Rasor, TUMA]
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