NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                               MORNING REPORT

To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Monday, January 4, 1999

INCIDENTS

98-767 - Petersburg NB (VA) - Follow-up: Winter Storm Impacts

As of December 31st, the park's main unit was still closed.  Power had been
restored to headquarters and the ranger station, but lines to the maintenance
facility and visitor center were still down.  Power crews have been working
to restore power to residents in area communities who have been without
electricity since the day before Christmas.  Members of the park staff are
clearing many downed trees and limbs from roads and trails.  The City Point
and Five Forks units are open; Poplar Grove National Cemetery is closed and
will require at least a week's work before it can be reopened.  [Mike Hill,
Superintendent, PETE, 12/31] 

98-778 - Death Valley NP (CA) - Suicide

On December 1st, the park received a notice to be on the lookout for L.E.
of San Bernadino, who had told his landlord's husband that he
intended to kill himself at Mud Canyon inside the park.  Attempts to find him
proved fruitless.  On the morning of December 5th, however, park maintenance
worker Kit Oesterling spotted a car matching L.E.'s.  Rangers Ron Rods
and Bill Fitzpatrick investigated and found L.E.'s body near the park
information wayside at Hell's Gate, about five miles east of Mud Canyon.  It
appears that he died from a single gunshot wound to the head from a .45
caliber handgun.  The county sheriff's office and county coroner have assumed
responsibility for the case.  [Scot McElveen, Acting CR, DEVA, 12/29]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

No entries.

PARK DISPATCHES

No entries.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Law Enforcement Medical Reports - Some parks submitting law enforcement
employee medical reports to the medical review officer in Atlanta are not
including the name of the park, making it difficult to get approvals/
disapprovals back to the parks in a timely manner.  Medical reports should
include the name of the park, the name of the contact person at the park, and
the contact person's telephone and fax numbers.  Anyone with questions should
contact Terrie Fajardo, chief of staffing, WASO, at 202-208-6288.  [Linda
Canzanelli, Park Operations and Education]

MEMORANDA

No entries.

INTERCHANGE

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.

Dates:      January 13 - 16 
Meeting:    America's Parks - America's People, A Mosaic in Motion
Location:   Fort Mason Conference Center, Golden Gate NRA, CA
Details:    National Parks and Conservation Association conference on race
            and diversity in our national parks.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Iantha Gantt-Wright
Phone/fax:  800-628-7275; ---
E-mail:     www.npca.org
Submitter:  Laura Loomis, NPCA

Dates:      January 24 - 27 
Meeting:    First National Conference on Marine Bioinvasions 
Location:   Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Details:    --
Closes:     ---
Contact:    MIT Sea Grant College Program  
Phone/fax:  --- ; ---
E-mail:     http//massbay.mit.edu/exoticspecies/conference.html
Submitter:  Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO

Dates:      January 26 - 29 
Meeting:    First Intermountain Region Resource Management Conference
Location:   Omni Bayfront Hotel, Corpus Christi, TX
Details:    The theme of this joint cultural-natural resource management
            conference is resource management for the 21st century in the new
            Intermountain Region.  More information on the conference should
            be available this week.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Linda Towle, MEVE
Phone/fax:  970-529-4465; ---
E-mail:     ---
Submitter:  Linda Towle, MEVE

Dates:      January 28 - 30 
Conference: Restoration and Renovation Washington Exhibition and Conference
Location:   Washington, DC
Details:    This conference includes sessions on accessibility and historic
            integrity, holistic preservation, and structures. 
Closes:     ---
Contact:    EGI Exhibitions, Inc.
Phone/fax:  ---; 978-664-5822
E-mail:     ---
Submitter:  Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO

Dates:      February 9 - 11 
Conference: Partners in Protection: The Arizona Conference on Conservation
            Law Enforcement
Location:   Prescott, AZ
Details:    Conference topics include commercialization of wildlife, a review
            of federal and state native plant laws in Arizona, and operation
            of surveillance equipment.  There will also be a competition
            pistol shoot.
Closes:     Conference registration prior to February 1st is $100 per person;
            registration thereafter is $125. 
Contact:    Conservation Law Enforcement Association
Phone/fax:  520-445-0441; ---
E-mail:     clea@bslnet.com
Submitter:  Dwayne Collier, SOAR

Dates:      March 7 - 11 
Conference: National Conference on Cultural Property Protection 
Location:   Los Angles, CA
Details:    The conference will include sessions on construction and
            security, defining threats, fire protection, alarms, guard
            forces/services, etc. The registration fee $425 and opens in
            January.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Smithsonian Institution
Phone/fax:  202-633-9446; ---
E-mail:     ---
Submitter:  Hollis G. Provins, INDE

Dates:      March 22 - 26 
Conference: On the Frontiers of Conservation: Discovery, Reappraisal &
            Innovation
Location:   Great Smokies Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort, Asheville, NC
Details:    George Wright Society interdisciplinary conference on research
            and resource management in parks and other protected areas.
Closes:     Early registration discounts to February 21st. 
Contact:    Dave Harmon, George Wright Society
Phone/fax:  1-906-487-9722; 1-906-487-9405
E-mail:     gws@mail.portup.com; http://www.portup.com/~gws/gws99.html 
Submitter:  Dave Harmon, GWS

Dates:      April 19 - 21 *
Conference: Presidential Sites and Libraries Conference III: "Redefining Our
            Message: The Relevance of Presidential Properties in the 21st
            Century" 
Location:   LBJ Library and Museum, Austin, TX (also LBJ National and State
            Historical Parks, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, George
            Bush Library
Details:    National gathering of senior managers, site administrators,
            education specialists and presidential scholars to explore
            methods necessary to attract, inform and educate a new and
            diverse constituency to presidential sites.  Honorary co-chairs:
            Mrs. Johnson, President and Mrs. Bush, Director Stanton.
Closes:     Early registration through January 31st; final registration by
            February 28th.
Contact:    Leslie Starr Hart, Superintendent, LYJO
Phone/fax:  830-868-7128 x 222; 830-868-7863
E-mail:     presidential_sites_conference@nps.gov or Presidential Sites
            Conference at NP-LYJO; www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/sitesconf
Submitter:  Leslie Starr Hart

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