NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                               MORNING REPORT

To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Friday, February 26, 1999

INCIDENTS

99-57 - Yosemite NP (CA) - Search in Progress

Three women visiting the park have been missing since Tuesday, February 16th. 
C.S., 42, and her daughter, J.S., 15, both from Eureka, California,
and 16-year-old S.P., a family friend from Argentina, stayed in a
motel in El Portal on the park's boundary on the night of February 15th. 
It's believed that they were in the park or surrounding area over the next
several days.  Rangers began searching for them last week.  The FBI has
joined the effort, and is now serving as the lead agency in a unified
command.  Also participating are representatives from the Forest Service,
Mariposa County Sheriff's Office, Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office,
California Office of Emergency Services, and the California Highway Patrol. 
Searchers are currently focusing on roads inside and adjacent to the park. 
Media interest in the on-going search is extremely high.  [Scott Gediman,
PIO, and John Roth, ACR, YOSE, 2/25]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

No entries.

PARK DISPATCHES

No entries.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No entries.

MEMORANDA

No entries.

INTERCHANGE

No entries.

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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
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