- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Tuesday, January 20, 1998
- Date: Tues, 20 Jan 1998
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Tuesday, January 20, 1998
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
INCIDENTS
98-22 - Chamizal NM (TX) - Fatal Shooting
On January 13th, Customs agents saw two male Mexican nationals - O.G.,
17, and F.Z., 19 - enter the country illegally and
notified the Border Patrol. The two men entered the park and tried to avoid
the Border Patrol by attempting to borrow NPS maintence worker John Baylor's
hat and vest, then asking him to drive away slowly so they could crawl behind
his vehicle. Baylor refused, then left the area. Shortly thereafter, the
men were approached by two Border Patrol agents. O.G. laid on the
ground as directed, but F.Z. crouched behind a park bench. He inititally
refused to stand when ordered to do so; when he did stand, he drew a gun from
his waistband and fired at the agents, who returned fire, mortally wounding
F.Z. Fl. ran out of the park towards the border. Agents pursued him
and more shots were fired. Fl. was hit and collapsed on an earthen
embankment along the Rio Grande River. The agents began CPR, but were unable
to revive him. Since Chamizal is under proprietary jurisdiction, FBI agents
and city of El Paso criminal investigators are handling the investigation.
NPS maintenance worker Jesus Bravo witnessed the confrontation. Bravo and
Baylor provided critical eyewitness accounts to the investigators. The
Mexican consulate's office has reviewed the incident. The deputy consul has
stated that "the agents responded accordingly as would any law enforcement
authority throughout the world." He also added that Fl. had recently
spent several months in the El Paso jail on drug trafficking charges. [Jock
Whitworth, Acting Superintendent, CHAM, 1/15]
98-23 - Hawaii Volcanoes NP (HI) - Search and Rescue
The park received a report of a missing hiker at the eruption site on Mount
Kilauea at 2:20 a.m. on January 13th. Paul Souders reported that he and his
friend C.P., 51, had hiked out to one of the lava benches to see and
take pictures of an active lava flow. Around 9 p.m., C.P. decided to hike
back alone. The pair agreed to meet later at the vehicle. Souders continued
taking pictures, and headed back to the car about 90 minutes later. When he
found that C.P. was not there, he used his cellular phone to make a 911
call and report him missing. A hasty team searched the area but found no
sign of C.P. Souders and a team of eight rangers set out later in the
morning and searched the area from both sides of the eruption site. A county
rescue helicopter and a tour helicopter in the area also provided assistance.
An observer in the latter soon spotted a male matching C.P.'s description
standing in a lava field and waving. Ranger Neil Akana and forestry
technician Greg Herbst contacted C.P. and found that he was uninjured. He
said that he'd become disoriented while hiking back to the car. He saw what
he believed were car lights and headed northwest in that direction. The
light, however, was the glow emanating from the lava through "skylights"
(openings) in the lava tube. C.P. became exhausted and decided to stay put
until morning, when he could find his way back to the car. The area of the
eruption site near two active lava benches continues to attract heavy
visitation despite the arduous, seven-mile round-trip hike. The two benches
remain closed to visitors due to the danger of collapse. The most recent
such collapse occurred on January 3rd, when about four acres of the coastline
collapsed into the ocean. [Gail Minami, HAVO, 1/15]
98-24 - American Memorial (Saipan) - Special Event
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' inaugaration day ceremonies
for the new in-coming governor and lieutenant governor took place at the
park's amphitheater on January 12th. There was a flurry of activity before
the event to rehabilitate the landscape in the park, which has been struck by
four typhoons during this typhoon season. Among those on hand were members
of the House of Representatives, the director of DOI's Office of Insular
Affairs, diplomats, and consulate officers. An island-wide fiesta was held
next to the amphitheater after the event and was attended by about 5,000
island residents. [Chuck Sayon, Site Manager, AMME, 1/15]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No entries.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
Yount Award - The call for nominations for the Servicewide Harry Yount
National Park Ranger Award for excellence in the art and science of
"rangering" was sent from the director to all regional directors on December
18th. Nominations for each region's Yount Award are due in regional offices
by late January. The Harry Yount Award is a peer recognition award that is
given to that individual whose overall impact, record of accomplishments, and
excellence in traditional ranger duties has created an appreciation for the
park ranger profession on the part of the public and other members of the
profession. This award honors rangers who have formed the "cornerstone of
every park organization." Rangers honored by the Yount award are in the
middle of their careers. They have consistently gone out every day and
performed the traditional, generalist ranger duties of protecting park
resources and serving visitors, and have done it well in the eyes of their
peers. These rangers form the heart of the ranger profession, reflecting its
high standards and commitment to the Service's mission. For more information
contact the following people, as appropriate: Northeast - John Lynch or Clark
Guy; National Capital - Einer Olsen; Southeast - Judy Forte; Midwest - John
Townsend; Intermountain - Delpha Maunders; Pacific West - Jay Wells; Alaska -
Rich O'Guin. [John Townsend, MWRO]
MEMORANDA
No entries.
EXCHANGE
No entries.
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.
1/28-31 Meeting: First International Trails and Greenways Conference
Location: San Diego, CA
Details: ---
Contact: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Phone/fax: 202-797-5400; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Sheila Lee, NCRC, WASO
1/29-31 Meeting: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Review Committee
Location: Embassy Row Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC
Details: The agenda will include federal compliance with the
statute, disposition of culturally unidentifiable
human remains, and the status of national
implementation.
Contact: Francis McManamon, WASO
Phone/fax: 202-343-8161; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Francis McManamon, WASO
2/4-7 Meeting: First Annual Ecotourism in Alaska Conference
Location: Anchorage, AK
Details: ---
Contact: Eco98 Program Committee
Phone/fax: 907-463-3038; ---
E-mail: www. alaska.net/~awrta/Eco98con.html
Submitter: Sheila Lee, NCRC, WASO
2/6-8 Meeting: Southeast Regional Conference, Association for Living
Historical Farms and Agricultural Museums
Location: Huntsville, AL
Details: ---
Contact: Frances Davey, Conference Co-Chair, Burritt Museum
and Park, 3101 Burritt Dr., Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone/fax: ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Diane Vogt O'Connor, DCA/WASO
2/9-12 Meeting: "Optimizing Security with Minimum Resources,"
National Conference on Cultural Property Protection
Location: Arlington, VA
Details: $425. Proceedings will be available for $25 at the
end of February.
Contact: Smithsonian Institution, Office of Protection
Services
Phone/fax: 202-357-3062; ---
E-mail:- --
Submitter: Diane Vogt O'Connor, DCA/WASO
2/10-12 Meeting: Tenth Annual Conservation Law Enforcement Conference
Location: Prescott, AZ
Details: This year's topics include ARPA, urban parks, antler
poaching, Internet crime, basic GPS workshop, and a
session by Gordon Graham entitled "Why Things Go
Right; Why Things Go Wrong." A competition pistol
shoot will be held on the afternoon of February 10th.
Contact: Dwayne Collier
Phone/fax: --- ; ---
E-mail: Dwayne Collier, NP-SOAR
Submitter: Dwayne Collier, SOAR
2/26-3/1 Meeting: 1998 Mid-Winter Meeting, Southern Division, American
Fisheries Society
Location: Lexington, KY
Details: The meeting will bring together fishery and aquatic
professionals from the southern region of the United
States to discuss various aspects of aquatic
management, both fresh and salt water.
Contact: Kentucky Chapter, AFS
Phone/fax: --- ; ---
E-mail: http://www.kfwis.state.ky.us/afs/kyafs.htm
Submitter: Sue Jennings, SACN
3/12-14 Meeting: Restoration Exhibit and Conference
Location: Boston, MA
Details: ---
Contact: EGI Exhibitions, 129 Park Street, North Reading, MA
01864
Phone/fax: 508-664-6455; ---
E-mail: egiexhib.com
Submitter: Diane Vogt O'Connor, DCA/WASO
3/15-19 Meeting: 1998 Biennial Convention, Conference of National Park
Service Cooperating Associations
Location: ---
Details: NPS employees who are involved with cooperating
association operations will benefit from this
conference.
Contact: Glenn Clark or CNPCA
Phone/fax: Clark: 202-565-1058, CNPCA: 410-647-9001; CNPCA: 410-647-9003
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
3/19-21 Meeting: Washington and DuBois at the Turn of Two Centuries
Location: Roanoke, VA
Details: The symposium will focus on Booker T. Washington and
W.E.B. DuBois, their historical context, their
thoughts, and the meaning of their legacies for
America. Keynote speaker Julian Bond will head the
program for academic and public historians,
educators, students and NPS professionals interested
in the lives of these two men and their impacts on
race issues in the U.S. today.
Contact: Organization of American Historians, Washington/
DuBoise Symposium, 112 North Bryan Street,
Bloomington, IN 47408-4199
Phone/fax: 812-855-7345; ---
E-mail: john@oah.indiana.edu
Submitter: Rebecca Harriett, BOWA
3/22-27 Meeting: African-Americans from Slavery to Contemporary Times
Location: New Orleans, LA
Details: This combined public conference and NPS training
session will provide an overview of the American
experience, starting with slavery and concluding with
diverse African-American cultures now associated with
national parks.
Contact: The Learning Place bulletin board, or Mary Robinson
Phone/fax: 304-535-6732; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
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