NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                               MORNING REPORT

To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Monday, June 7, 1999

INCIDENTS

99-238 - Fort Union NM (NM) - Death of Employee's Son

The eldest son of R.D., a maintenance worker at the park, was
killed in a house fire on the night of June 3rd.  R.D. was also in the house
at the time of the fire, but was able to escape.  The house was totally
destroyed and all the family's possessions were lost.  The park is accepting
donations for R.D.  They should be sent to Loma Parda Association,
Attention: D.A. or L.R., P.O. Box 127, Watrous, NM 87753. 
[FOUN, via "Intermountain Morning Line," 6/4]

99-239 - Glen Canyon NRA (AZ/UT) - Drowning

T.C., 32, a visitor from New Zealand, drowned in the waters of Oak
Bay on the afternoon of May 31st.  T.C. was attempting to untangle a rope
that had fouled one of the propellers of a houseboat while the vessel was
beached during a period of high winds.  At some point, he lost consciousness. 
His friends saw that he was motionless, pulled him from the water, and began
CPR.  Rangers soon arrived and arranged a helicopter medevac.  He was
pronounced dead at Page Hospital.  Carbon monoxide fumes may have been a
factor in the drowning.  [Nate Card, IC, GLCA, 6/3]

99-240 - Ozark NSR (MO) - Assist; Serious MVA

On the afternoon of Tuesday, May 25th, interpretive ranger Bill O'Donnell
came upon an overturned vehicle fully engulfed in flames on U.S. 60 ten miles
west of Van Buren, Missouri.  The eight victims who were scattered around the
vehicle were migrant workers who did not speak English.  O'Donnell quickly
moved a seriously injured woman who was only ten feet from the burning car to
safety.  He then directed others who stopped at the scene in providing
assistance and administered first aid to two seriously injured victims until
ambulances and a medevac helicopter arrived on scene.  [Tim Blank, OZAR, via
MWRO, 6/3]

99-241 - Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP (VA) - Special Event

The third annual luminaria ceremony at Fredericksburg National Cemetery was
held on May 29th.  Approximately 700 Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts placed
candles at the headstones of each of the 15,300 soldiers buried there. 
Visitation during the three-hour program doubled from last year to almost
7,000.  On May 28th, a ceremony honoring POWs and MIAs was held to mark the
addition of the POW/MIA flag to the cemetery, as per the terms of the new
law.  The traditional Memorial Day program was also well attended.  [Mike
Greenfield, SPR, FRSP, 6/1]

99-242 - USS Arizona Memorial (HI) - Special Event

On Friday, May 21st, an opening ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
"moving wall" was held on the visitor center's front lawn.  Approximately 500
people attended the event.  The wall was on display around the clock from
that day until Memorial Day.  On the night of the 21st, Honolulu police
received a bomb threat against the memorial.  All staff and volunteers
assisting with the moving wall were sent home.  Chief ranger Randy Wester,
local police and a Navy bomb dog searched the visitor center and memorial but
found nothing.  Around midnight, an intoxicated veteran slit his wrists at
the wall.  Park staff and volunteers responded and provided first aid until
an ambulance arrived.  There were also two medical incidents.  Volunteer
coordinator Terry Dorman organized approximately 200 volunteers to help at
the wall; rangers Tim Trainer from Kalaupapa NHP and Cindy Galieto from
Kaloko-Honokohau NHP provided overnight security.  A closing ceremony was
held in conjunction with the annual Memorial Day ceremony.  An estimated
40,000 people visited the wall and about 7,000 attended the Memorial Day
ceremony.  [Randy Wester, CR, USAR, 6/2]

FIRE ACTIVITY

The fire report is not available this morning.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

Kalaupapa NHP (HI) - Endangered Monk Seal Birth

On the morning of May 28th, park staff noted a monk seal with a new-born pup
on one of the park's white sand beaches.  Monk seals are a critically
endangered species, with only 1,200 worldwide.  The pup appears to be strong
and healthy.  This is the only recorded birth in the eight main islands this
year and the third Hawaiian monk seal birth in Kalaupapa.  Last year's pup,
also born in May, was successfully weaned and tagged and has been seen
several times on the beaches around Kalaupapa.  Members of the Kalaupapa
community have taken great pride in this birth, as they did with the previous
two monk seal births during the last two years, and are assisting park staff
in protecting the seal and her pup.  [Erick Beckert, PR, KALA, 6/3]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

DOI Anniversary Publication - The editor of "People, Land and Water," the
publication put out by the Department of Interior, has extra copies of the
special 150th anniversary issue.  Parks interested in obtaining additional
copies should contact Frank Quimby at 202-208-7291.  [Rick Lewis, PA/WASO]

Web Sites - Diligent reader Glenda Jackson has checked all the web sites
listed in the supplement to last Thursday's Morning Report and has found
three that don't work:

USGS digital and map data     http://cdcwww.cr.usgs.gov/glis/glis.html
USGS maps in progress         http://mcmcweb.cr.usgs.gov/status/index.html
Exotic invasive species       http://www.aqd.nps.gov/npci

Corrections would be appreciated.  If you submitted any of these or know the
correct address(es), please send a note to the editor.

MEMORANDA

No entries.

INTERCHANGE

No entries.

PARKS AND PEOPLE

No entries.

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