RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Monday, February 13, 1989

INCIDENTS

No incidents reported.

FIELD NOTES

According to a report issued by the state of Wyoming last Friday, sales tax
collections in the four counties surrounding Yellowstone (Sublette, Fremont,
Teton and Park) in the months of June, July, August and October of 1988
jumped 4.94% from the amount collected during the same period in 1987.
Sales tax collections in those four months increased from $8.8 million in
1987 to $9.2 million in 1988. (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, Perm State
University, Media, Pennsylvania. $135. Call 215-565-8272 for further
information.

February 22 - 23 - First Arizona Conference on Conservation Law Enforcement,
Sheraton Resort & Conference Center, Prescott, Arizona. Call Steve Sandell
at 602-567-3322 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 USES, 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 8 - 11 - 7th Annual EMS Today Conference and Exposition, Town and
Country Hotel, San Diego, California. Sponsored by JEMS. See the magazine
for further information, or contact The Conference Corporation, 619-481.
5267.

March 14 - 16 - 2nd Annual Department of Interior Aircraft Accident
Prevention Seminar, San Diego, California. Open to regional and park
aviation coordinators and safety officers. Contact Butch Farabee, RAD (FTS
343-4188) or Bob Lewis, OAS (FTS 554-9682).

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 3 - 7* - Midwest Region Chief Rangers1 Conference, Pipestone NM,
Minnesota. Contact John Townsend, MWRO, for further information.

April 4 - 6 - "Interpretation in Urban Areas", workshop, Lowell Hilton,
Lowell, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the NPS and local organizations. The
objectives are "to examine the nature and expectations of urban audiences,
techniques necessary to reach these audiences and the particular concerns of
employees in urban areas." For further information, call 617-565-8860. The
registration deadline is February 17th.

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.

May 8 - 12 - North Atlantic Region Chief Rangers' Conference, Cape Cod NS,
Massachusetts.

May 18 - 20* - "High-Intensity Fire in Wildlands: Management Challenges and
Options", conference, Ramada Inn North, Tallahassee, Florida. For further
information, contact Tall Timbers Research Stations, Route 1, Box 678,
Tallahassee, FL 32312 (904-893-4153).

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, meeting or training session with Servicewide interest and
implications, please provide the specifics to either Bill Halainen or Jon
Anglin in Ranger Activities).

STAFF STATUS

Dabney in Seattle at regional fire coordinators' meeting, Farabee in SER all
week (SERO, BICY, EVER) on aviation management evaluation, Kreis on leave
all week.

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