RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Tuesday, January 17, 1989

INCIDENTS

89-5 - Cape Cod - Theft of Government Property

On the morning of January 7th, rangers discovered that the sculpture of
Guglielmo Marconi had been stolen from the historic wireless station in South
Wellfleet. The cast-bronze statue, which has been valued at $25,000, was given
to the park in 1974 by a group of Italian industrialists as part of a year-long
observance of the 100th anniversary of Marconi's birth. The sculpture stood at
the ocean-front site of the station from which Marconi made the first successful
exchange of trans-Atlantic wireless telegraph messages in January of 1903. Park
rangers, FBI agents and the Wellfleet Police Department are investigating the
theft. (Tony Bonano, CR, CACO).

89-6 - Organ Pipe Cactus - Theft of Government Property

An NPS-owned 1983 GMC 2-ton truck with a trash compacter was stolen from the
park's maintenance yard on the evening of January 12th. The vehicle was last
seen by a ranger patrol at 7:30 p.m., and was discovered missing at 9:30 p.m.
The vehicle was tracked to a point where it crossed the border into Mexico. The
FBI and local and Mexican authorities have been notified. The value of the truck
was placed at $13,000. This is the third truck stolen from the park in recent
months. (Herb Gercke, WRO).

FIELD REPORTS

A man who tipped federal agents to the whereabouts in 1981 of an escaped spy
has been charged with the murder of Brent Jacobsen, a commissioned USFS
employee from Idaho Panhandle NF. Joseph Pratt, 27, and his brother James,
29, surrendered to authorities shortly after Thursday's gun battle in which
Jacobsen was killed. The two had botched a robbery of a home which netted
them a total of $12. When officers arrived at the scene, the men sped away,
firing several times at the pursuing vehicle. The Pratts abandoned their
car after it ran into a snowbank, then fled on foot into the woods.
Officers from several agencies tracked the men Wednesday night, resuming the
search at daybreak on Thursday. Jacobsen was killed just as tracking teams
were being recalled because of darkness. Joseph Pratt was charged with
first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, first-
degree burglary, robbery, two counts of second-degree kidnapping and two
counts of aggravated assault. Pratt had received a reward for turning in
Christopher Boyce in 1981. At that time, Boyce was an escapee from prison,
where he was serving a term for selling CIA satellite information to the
Soviets. His story has been chronicled in Robert Lindsey's "The Falcon and
the Snowman" and "The Flight of the Falcon". The Pratts had received
immunity from prosecution for their testimony against Boyce, although the
two also testified that they had taken part in a series of robberies that
Boyce had masterminded in 1980 and 1981 in Washington, Idaho and Montana.
(Associated Press).

CALENDAR

Asterisks indicate new or revised entries:

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, Penn 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 REI. 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: Gifford Pinchot National Forest, ATTN: Wayne A. Parsons,
6926 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., PO Box 8944, Vancouver, WA 98668-8944.

March 14 - 17 - "Issues in Cultural Landscape Management", workshop,
Richmond, Virginia. Sponsored 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.

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.

April 17 - 21* - 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.

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.

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

Loach and Belli on annual leave. Please note that all federal agencies in
Washington will be closed on Friday because of inaugural events in the city.

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