- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, March 16, 1998
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Monday, March 16, 1998
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
INCIDENTS
No incident reports received.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No entries.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No entries.
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, seminars, 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.
3/20-24 Meeting: 63rd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources
Conference
Location: Orlando, FL
Details: ---
Contact: LL Williamson, Wildlife Management Institute
Phone/fax: 202-371-1808; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Sheila Lee, WASO
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
4/1-4* Event: 1998 Arizona Police Games
Location: Glendale, AZ
Details: Twenty-nine events in a variety of sports. Open to
law enforcement personnel and spouses. [Note:
Entries on these types of events, which support
employee fitness, are appropriate and solicited for
this calendar]
Contact: Gary Horner or Mitch Kelsey
Phone/fax: 602-930-3009; ---
E-mail: Mitch@ci.glendale.az.us
Submitter: Gil Goodrich, LARO
4/18-25 Event: NPCA's March for Parks
Location: ---
Details: The annual event brackets Earth Day, April 22nd.
Contact: March for Parks
Phone/fax: 800-628-7275 x 236; ---
E-mail: mrchpark@aol.com
4/19-24 Meeting: Eleventh International Conference on Bear Research
and Management
Location: Gatlinburg, TN
Details: The International Association for Bear Research and
Management, a non-profit organization open to
professional biologists, wildlife managers and others
interested in the conservation of bear species
worldwide, holds a triennial international conference
on all aspects of bear biology, ecology and
management.
Contact: Dr. Michael Pelton, University of Tennessee
Phone/fax: 423-974-7126; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Bill Stiver, GRSM
4/23-25 Meeting: Guadalupe Mountain Symposium: Celebrating 25 Years of
Cultural and Natural Resource Stewardship in
Guadalupe Mountains NP
Location: Pecos River Village and Conference Center, Carlsbad,
NM, and GUMO
Details: Two-day forum of oral presentations and poster
displays followed by a day of field trips focusing on
past and current research and resource management
contributions to the park, including presentations on
archeology, ethnography, history, historic
preservation, air and water quality, sociology, fire
ecology, geology, paleontology, plant and wildlife
ecology. Registration is $60 by April 6th; includes
receptions, lunches, dinner, proceedings.
Contact: Ann Watson (registration); Fred Armstrong (program);
Jan Wobbenhorst (chair)
Phone/fax: 915-828-3251 x101 (Ann), x132 (Fred), x102 (Jan)
E-mail: Each is on cc:Mail by name.
Submitter: Fred Armstrong, GUMO
4/27-28 Meeting: National Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council Annual
Planning Meeting
Location: Bismarck, ND
Details: ---
Contact: ---
Phone/fax: 913-684-2749
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Sheila Lee, WASO
4/29-5/3 Meeting: "Rivers: The Future Frontier," Biennial Conference,
River Management Society (in conjunction with NRPA)
Location: Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage, AK
Details: Topics will include wild and scenic river management,
river science, power boats, commercial trail
management, watersheds management, river restoration,
river education, river use education, and
citizen/public participation. Also workshops on
grant writing, the "Leave No Trace" program, and
other related topics. Celebration of the 30th
anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
Registration is $195 before March 30th, $225
thereafter.
Contact: Logistics, LLC
Phone/fax: 907-276-6060; 907-276-6061
E-mail: www.servcom.com/arpa
www.river-management.org
rms@igc.apc.org
Submitter: Jack Mosby, ARO
5/3-6 Meeting: National Conference on Environmental Decision-Making
Location: Knoxville, TN
Details: ---
Contact: National Center for Environmental Decision-making
Research, University of Tennessee Conference Center
Phone/fax: 423-974-0280; ---
E-mail: conference@gateway.ce.utk.edu
Submitter: Sheila Lee, WASO
5/5-7* Meeting: Southern Arizona Research and Resource Management
Conference
Location: InnSuites Hotel, Tucson, AZ
Details: Over 50 papers will be presented in nine sessions;
topics include wildlife management, physical
sciences, interpretation, fire, vegetation, and
historical preservation. A draft list of papers and
authors is available from Lee Benson (see address
below) by entering the word Conference in the subject
line. $60 (registration by April 1st).
Contact: Kathy Hiett for registration, Lee Benson for
conference
Phone/fax: Hiett: 520-670-6896 ext 3, Benson: 602-640-5250 ext 236; ---
E-mail: Lee Benson at NP-SOAR, Kathy Hiett at NP-WACC
Submitter: Lee Benson, SOAR
5/15-17* Meeting: Personal Wellness and Fitness Seminar
Location: Albright TC, Grand Canyon NP, AZ
Details: Seminar for individuals with interest in changing
their diet, health and lifestyle for the rest of
their lives. Participants will receive individual
fitness plans customized to their needs. This is NOT
a health and fitness coordinators' training class.
$65.
Contact: Marty McCaslin for seminar, Ann Johnson for lodging
Phone/fax: McCaslin: 520-638-7831, Johnson: 520-638-7891; ---
E-mail: Marty McCaslin at NP-GRCA
Submitter: SAR Coordinator, GRCA
5/18-22* Meeting: DOI 1998 Safety and Occupational Health Seminar
Location: BLM National Training Center, Phoenix, AZ
Details: ---
Contact: USGS Office of Safety Management
Phone/fax: 703-648-7556; ---
E-mail: Via Web site - http://www.usgs.gov/usgs-safety/con1.html
Submitter: Maureen Foster, WASO
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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
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