RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

Attention: Directorate
           Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
           CC: RAD Information Net

Day/date:  Monday, January 9, 1989

INCIDENTS

No incident reports this morning.

CALENDAR

Asterisks indicate new or revised entries:

January 9 - 11 - "Effects of Forest Fire Smoke on Firefighters", workshop,
San Diego, California. The session, which is being sponsored by Johns
Hopkins University, will be a working session involving a multi-disciplinary
group of scientists, medical personnel, fire incident command personnel and
representatives of firefighting organizations; the objective will be to
describe and document current knowledge about smoke and its effects on human
health. Contact Darold E. Ward, NWCG, US Forest Service Intermountain
Research Station, Missoula, MT (406-329-4866).

February 13 - 17 - Regional Fire Coordinators Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
Servicewide. The focus of the meeting will be a discussion of the final
definition of FIREPRO III and common themes surfacing from the 1988 season
fire reviews. Contact Mark Forbes, PNRO.

February 20 - 25 - Eighth International Bear Conference, Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada.

February 21 - "Deer Management in the Urban Setting", workshop, Perm State
University, Media, Pennsylvania. $135. Call 215-565-8272 for further
information.

February 22 - 25 - "Mountain Management - Mountains, People and
Environments: Conflicts or Challenges", conference, Red Lion Inn - Columbia
River, Jantzen Beach, Oregon. The conference is sponsored by the USFS, NPS
and RET. Registration costs $100 for the session or $40/day. One meal/day
is included in the fee. Additional information and registration forms can
be obtained from: Giffird Pinchot National Forest, ATTN: Wayne A. Parsons,
6926 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., PO Box 8944, Vancouver, WA 98668-8944.

March 13 - 17 - Regional Chief Rangers' Conference, El Paso, Texas
(tentative). Regional chief rangers' annual meeting, with attention on law
enforcement and resource management issues. Contact Tom Thompson, MWRO, or
Reed Jarvis, PNRO.

March 14 - 17 - "Issues in Cultural Landscape Management", workshop,
Richmond, Virginia. Sponsered by MAR but open to all. Contact Kathy Jope,
FTS 597-5372, or Reed Engle, FTS 597-5028.

March 17 - 22 - North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference,
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

March 19* - "National Park Research and Management Policy into the Next
Century: The Successor to the Leopold Report", symposium, Omni Shoreham
Hotel, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the National Parks and Conservation
Association (NPCA). Contact Dave Simon, NPCA, 202-944-8530.

March 20 - 24 - Regional Fire Coordinators Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
Servicewide. The meeting will focus on revisions to NPS-18 directions
resulting from the Secretarial policy review teams. Contact Jim Reilly,
RMRO.

May 7 - 9 - Northeastern Fish and Wildlife Conference, Ellenville, New York.
Contact Frank Panck, Department of Environmental Conservation, State
University of New York, Building 40, Stony Brook, New York 11790.

April 3 - 7* - Southwest Region Resource Management Workshop, San Antonio,
Texas. Sponsored by SWRO , but open to all. Contact Deborah Pfenninger,
SWR-ONR, FTS 476-6412 or 505-988-6412.

July 16 - 20* - "Futureview: The 1990's and Beyond", conference, Sheraton
Washington, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the World Future Society. Among
other topics, conferees will be discussing future biosphere trends and
issues. For further information, write the World Future Society, 4916 St.
Elmo Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814 (301-656-8274).

(Calendar appears in each Monday's morning report. If you know of a
conference or meeting with Servicewide interest and implications, please
provide the specifics to either Bill Halainen or Jon Anglin in Ranger
Activities).

STAFF STATUS

Halainen in Boise through Thursday.

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities
FTS 343-4874/4875 or 202-343-4874/4875