NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Thursday, October 9, 1997

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

97-624 - American Memorial Park (Saipan) - Assist: FWS Refuge Occupation

Guam National Wildlife Refuge was occupied by local lands rights activists
over the weekend of September 17th-28th, prompting the refuge, which has no
permanent law enforcement personnel, to request assistance from the NPS. 
American Memorial site manager Chuck Sayon and FWS special agent Kevin
Garlick have accordingly been patrolling the refuge and providing security
for FWS staff.  The occupying activists are demanding 24-hour access to the
refuge, which they claim is theirs and was improperly taken by the FWS when
the Navy declared the property as excess.  The federal district court in Guam
has ordered a ten-day "cooling off" period while attorneys from the territory
and Department of Justice negotiate an interim solution.  Meanwhile,
political and Guam independence demonstrations have been conducted at the
refuge.  FWS staff have experienced some minor harassment, and DOJ lawyers
working on the case have been threatened.  FWS will likely bring a refuge law
enforcement officer to the site from Hawaii this week.  Illegal camping,
additional demonstrations, and unauthorized homestead construction are
expected over coming days.  [Chuck Sayon, Site Manager, AMME, 10/9]

97-625 - Indiana Dunes NL (IN) - Canine Nuisance Arrest

On October 7th, rangers arrested V.G. of Beverly Shores, Indiana, on
two outstanding federal warrants for failure to appear in court on violation
notices issued to him during the summer for allowing his dog to run loose on
park property.  V.G. pled guilty to all charges; he was fined $500 and placed
on probation for six months.  V.G. had been warned or issued violation
notices four times for the same offense over the past three years.  When
arrested, he said he'd forgotten about the previous charges and didn't think
it was that serious a matter.  Rangers handle the majority of such problems
with a warning, but issue violation notices when repeated problems occur. 
Dogs running loose in parks often create significant problems, as they
frequently harass both animals and visitors and damage park resources.  [Rich
Littlefield, CR, INDU, 10/7]

97-626 - Knife River Indian Villages/Fort Union NHS (ND) - Special Event

The two parks hosted a visit by prince Fredrich Wilhelm of Neu Wied, Germany,
over the last two days.  Prince Wilhelm is the great-grand nephew of prince
Maximilian, who explored the upper Missouri River with artists Karl Bodmer in
1833-34 and documented both the lifeways of tribes along the river and the
ecology of the region.  The prince and his wife spent about two hours at each
site, as they retraced the travels of his great-grand uncle.  [Andy Banta,
Superintendent, FOUN, 10/8]

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