- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Wednesday, April 8, 1998
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Wednesday, April 8, 1998
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
INCIDENTS
98-131 - Capitol Reef NP (UT) - Death of Cooperating Association Employee
Capitol Reef Natural History Association employee C.W. died in a
single-car accident on Highway 12 outside the park on the evening of March
24th. She was the only occupant of the vehicle. C.W. was very active as
an EMT in the park. Prior to assuming her position with the association this
year, she often responded in her own vehicle to EMS incidents in the park
when an ambulance was dispatched, and assisted ranger/EMT's with patient care
while the ambulance was en route to a hospital. A procession of ambulances
and law enforcement vehicles from across the state escorted her casket from
the funeral service to the cemetery. [Tom Cox, CR, CARE, 4/6]
98-132 - Cabrillo NM (CA) - Special Event
On March 31st, an orphaned gray whale which had been restored to health in
captivity was released two miles off Point Loma. The whale, known as "J.J.,"
is the only gray whale to have been rescued, rehabilitated and released, so
her story attracted national and international attention. The whale was less
than a week old and near death when found on a beach in Venice, California,
in January, 1997, but was nursed back to health and tipped the scales at
20,000 pounds at the time of release. Since the park is located at the end
of the Point Loma peninsula and provided the only viewing location accessible
to the public, the event attracted both the media and large numbers of
visitors (the park is a popular location for viewing the southern migration
of gray whales during winter months). The whale was trucked from Sea World
to the Coast Guard vessel "Conifer" and passed by the park while en route.
Following the release, "J.J." stayed in the general vicinity, but is expected
to tag along on the northward migration that takes place in the spring.
[Terry Petrovich-Joyce, CABR, 4/7]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No entries.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No entries.
MEMORANDA
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EXCHANGE
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WEB DIRECTORY
The Morning Report periodically runs a listing of Worldwide Web sites of use
to NPS employees in the course of their work. Please send along entries -
and corrections, in case of address errors - to the editor.
Thanks to the following for providing this month's additions:
Irv Tubbs - the web page on the Year 2000 (Y2K) computer calendar
problem, also known as the Year 2000 Embedded Microchip Hazards web
page
Carole Pfeifer - a correction to the FLETC legal updates site which
makes it possible to go directly to the updates without having to
search through the FLETC or Treasury home pages
Rick Gale - the new National Wildfire Coordinating Group home page
(comments are being sought on the page and should be sent to Dottie
Miller, BIA, 208-387-5238)
Bryan Sutton - Calibre Press law enforcement newsletter
Leslie Armstrong - the national GIS web site and data clearing house
Doug Beckstead - two new legal sites and the US Park Ranger FOP web
site (please note that the address for the latter is correct, that
there is no "www" prefix)
All new entries are marked with asterisks (*); all revised/corrected entries
are marked with pound signs (#).
NPS SITES
Congressional Affairs office http://www.nps.gov/legal
Training and Development office http://www.nps.gov/training
NPS Web page development info http://www.nps.gov/helpdesk (user name:
NPS, password: Mather)
Current VIP opportunities http://www.nps.gov/volunteer
Press releases, park news, more http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/pressrm.htm
Q&A with volunteer NPS historians http://www.nps.gov/crweb1/history/askhist.htm
Geologists-in-Parks program http://www.aqd.nps.gov/natnet/grd/geojob/geojob.htm
Harpers Ferry wayside exhibits http://www.nps.gov/waysite
NPS safety info http://www.nps.gov/riskmgmt
NCR Museum Resource Center http://www.nps.gov/mrc
National Center for Preservation
Technology and Training http://www.cr.nps.gov/ncptt
NPS training opportunities http://www.nps.gov/training
NPS strategic plan http://www.nps.gov - InfoZone, Park Planning
NPS "Courier" magazine http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/courier/index.htm
NPS intake training program http://www.nps.gov/intake
U.S. Park Police http://www.doi.gov/u.s.park.police/
NPS organization charts http://www.nps.gov/refdesk/Refdesk.htm
Fire Management Program Center http://www.nps.gov/fire/
Public Health Service office http://www.nps.gov/public_health/
Nat. Reg. for Historic Places http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/nrhome.htm
DOI SITES
DOI address directory http://www.doi.gov/cgi-bin/mailsrch
DOI jobs listings http://www.usgs.gov/doi/avads/index.html
DOI IG reports http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/ig.html
DOI payroll, Denver http://www.dasc.doi.gov
DOI safety http://safety.doi.gov
DOI recreation lakes commission http://www.doi.gov/nrls
DOI Y2K microchip hazards http://www.mrps.doi.gov/y2kchips.htm
OTHER AGENCY SITES
Comptroller General decisions http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/gaocd.html
GAO reports http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/gao.html
OPM jobs listings http://www.usajobs.opm.gov
USDA graduate school http://www.grad.usda.gov
Thrift Savings Plan http://www.tsp.gov
New legislation (NECTEA) re:
funding for park roads http://www.fhwa.dot.gov
OPM locality pay rates http://www.opm.gov/pay/index.htm
CFR and Federal Register info http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr
FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection http://www.ftc.gov
IG networks http://www.ignet.gov/ignet
Fed Employees News Digest http://www.fedforce.com/fedforce/fedforce.html
National registry for EMTs http://www.nremt.org
Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov
Standard government forms http://web1.whs.osd.mil/icdhome/SFEFORMS.HTM
Excess military equipment http://www.drms.dla.mil
CONGRESSIONAL SITES
All Senate offices, committees http://www.senate.gov
All House offices, committees http://www.house.gov
Bills, reports, related info http://thomas.loc.gov
WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT SITES
Wildland fire information http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/fire
National Interagency Fire Center http://www.nifc.gov/
NIFC fire situation reports http://www.nifc.gov/sitreprt.html
National Wildfire Coord. Group * http:/www.nwcg.gov
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SITES
Exotic invasive species http://www.aqd.nps.gov/npci
Malformed amphibians reports http://www.npwrc.org/narcam
Mineral developments near parks http://www.aqd.nps.gov/facts/fadjacen.htm
Vegetation/soils planting info http://plants.usda.gov
"Park Science" magazine http://www.aqd.nps.gov/nrid/parksci/
"Natural Resource Year in Review" http://www.aqd.nps.gov/pubs/yr_rvw96/
Natural resource pubs list http://www.aqd.nps.gov/pubs/
NRM fact sheets http://www.aqd.nps.gov/facts/findex.htm
National GIS/data clearinghouse * http://www.cgc.ncsu.edu/npsgis/index.html
WILDERNESS/BACKCOUNTRY MANAGEMENT SITES
Arthur Carhart training center http://www.wilderness.net/carhat
Aldo Leopold institute http://www.wilderness.net/leopold
Leave No Trace program http://www.lnt.org
LEGAL SITES
United States Code http://law.house.gov/usc.htm
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
Code of Federal Regulations http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr
Federal Register http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/#fr
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
Federal Acquisition Regulations http://www.gsa.gov/far/current/html/toc.html
Executive Orders http://www.arnet.gov/References/References.html
OMB Circulars http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OMB/
Supreme Court cases http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct
Federal Circuit cases http://www.law.emory.edu/fedcircuit/
http://www.gao.gov/decisions/decision.htm
http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/fedcourt.html
FLRA cases http://www.flra.gov/index.html
MSPB cases http://www.access.gpo.gov/mspb
FLETC legal updates http://www.ustreas.gov/fletc/legal.htm
Environmental law http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/v-lib/envlaw.html
Ethics issues http://www.usoge.gov/
Federal laws in general http://www.fedworld.gov
http://fedlaw.gsa.gov
ARPA/NAGPRA laws http://www.nmia.com/~quasho/
Info on legal issues http://www.Lawcheck.com/main.html
Laws, court rulings, related info http://www.findlaw.com
Court cases, codes, regs, etc. * http://www.are.uscourts.gov/sites.htm
Glossary of legal terms * http://www.courttv.com/legalterms/glossary.html
ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION SITES
Environmental contract fraud info http://www.echotech.com
http://www.afce.org
http://www.fraud.org
Info on militia groups, etc. http://www.splcenter.org
Law enforcement newsletter * http://www.2calibrepress.com
OTHER RELEVANT SITES
NPS cooperating associations http://www.nps.gov/coophome.htm
National Park Foundation http://www.nationalparks.org
Student Conservation Association http://www.sca-inc.org
George Wright Society http://www.portup.com/~gws/home.html
GWS park-related links http://www.portup.com/~gws/gwsnet.html
Links to NPs worldwide http://149.170.210.2/~keith/links.htm
National Center for Accessibility http://www.indiana.edu/~nca
Recycled content procurement http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/procure.html
http://www.metrokc.gov/oppis/recyclea.html
http://www.pnl.gov/esp/greenguide
fcn.state.fl.us/bpsr/drc_notice.html
Telephone directory searches http://www.pc411.com
Computer virus myths http://kumite.com/myths/
Zip codes http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/
US Park Ranger FOP site * http://home.earthlink.net/~bikeranger/
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