RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Monday, April 3, 1989

INCIDENTS

89-37 - Denali - Final Follow-up on Climbing Deaths

On March 30th, the recovery team reached the bodies of the three Japanese
climbers and moved them to the camp at 17,200'. The bodies were flown off
the mountain on Saturday, and the recovery team was to have completed its
descent and returned to Talkeetna yesterday. (Message from Tom Griffiths,
CR, DENA to RAD/ARO and RAD/WASO).

89-59 - Kenai Fjords - Follow-up on Oil Spill

As of late Friday, the Type I incident command team had arrived in Seward
and was establishing staging and command areas. A spill response plan
showing general areas of concern for park resources had been completed;
detailed maps showing rookeries, marine mammal haul-outs and other high-
priority resources were also being prepared. The Service's DeHavilland
Beaver was being converted from skis to floats by the Office of Aircraft
Services in Anchorage for use by the incident command team, and a Grumman
Goose was being held at OAS for possible use. According to a Thursday
report by NCAA, chances are good that the oil spill will not reach the park.
Winds were said to be the most important variable, since a wind shift would
be required to move oil from the Gulf current to the park's shoreline. The
Coast Guard was about to move booms to Seward and was considering moving
some operations there as well, since the town is close to the leading edge
of the oil. (Dave Ames, Acting Regional Director, ARO; John Quinley, Public
Affairs, ARO).

89-60 - Everglades - Outbreak of Fatal Disease

U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) doctors and Dade County epidemiologists
are investigating an outbreak of serious intestinal disorders on the
Miccosukkee permit area within the park. So far, the outbreak has taken the
life of one six-year-old Miccosukkee girl and left nearly 30 others in local
hospitals and clinics. The cause of the outbreak has not yet been cultured
or identified, nor has the autopsy report been announced. As a
precautionary measure, the park has shut down the public drinking facilities
until further notice at the Tamiami Ranger Station and Shark Valley Visitor
Center, both of which are served by the Miccosukkee's water system. Ron
Speedy, the Service's PHS representative, has been notified and has been
briefed by his USPHS counterparts who are on scene conducting the
investigation. (Scott Erickson, CR, EVER, via RAD/SERO).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) Fire Situation -

a) National Park Service:

- No new fires reported.

b) Other Agency:

- Olivas Fire, BLM/Bakersfield (813 acres) - The fire destroyed
  several buildings over the weekend before being contained.

- Fishing Fire, California Department of Forestry (276 acres) -
  Up to thirty head of cattle were lost before the fire was
  contained.

2) Fire Activity - 152 fires for 792 acres through 24 hours
ending Saturday afternoon.

3) Fire Weather - No current information.

4) Analysis - In addition to the activity in California, the southeast
reports some activity in eastern Tennessee and North Carolina.

5) Prognosis - Expect fire activity to decrease in southern California,
with activity to continue in the southeast.

6) Notes - A Type I team (Liebersbach) has been assigned to the Valdez
oil spill and is working out of Seward. A Type II team (Abbott) is
serving in an advisory capacity to the Alaska Division of Emergency
Services.

(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 1630 MST, 4/2/89; Judi Zuckert, BFM, NPS,
Boise).

OFFICE NOTES

1) The aviation management workshop training announcement is now out. This
course will be held in Boise from June 12 to June 16 and will be paid for by
FIREPRO. The closing date on the announcement is May 1st. The course has
been designed for park and regional aviation coordinators who have
signification aviation work loads. (Butch Farabee, RAD/WASO).

TRANSMITTALS

Memorandum: "Suspension of Telephone Ordering System for NPS Uniforms",
signed on April 3rd by the Associate Director, Operations, and mailed today
to all Regional Directors (Attention: Regional Uniform Coordinators).

CALENDAR

Asterisks indicate new or revised entries:

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 Rangers' 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 10 - 14* - SCA Wilderness Work Skills Program, Pinnacles NM,
California. Sponsored by Student Conservation Association. Field
instruction and hands-on training in rustic timber construction, trail
survey and design, knots splices and rigging, building with rock, trail
reconstruction, cross cut saw sharpening, and traditional skills for
resource management. Cost is $325, which covers instruction, food and
lodging, with 15% discount for groups of three or more registering together.
Contact Missi Booth Goss, Program Director, SCA Northwest, 206-547-7380.

April 12* - "A Million Square Miles: A Public Lands Agenda for the 1990's",
conference, Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by
the Wilderness Society.

April 24 - 28 - Regional Chief Rangers' Training Session, El Paso, Texas.
Training session focusing on law enforcement (particularly drug interdiction
and enforcement) and resource protection issues. Contact Tom Thompson,
MWRO, or Reed Jarvis, PNRO.

April 29* - "After Columbus: Encounters in North America", forum,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Focus on the 1992 quincentennial
of Columbus' landing in the Americas. Contact Lisa Falk at 202-357-1639.

May 2 - 4 - Mid-Atlantic Region Chief Rangers* Conference, Oglebay, West
Virginia. Contact Chris Andress, FTS 597-5348.

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 5 - 15* - Western Region Chief Rangers' Training Workshop, Clarion
Hotel, San Diego, California.

May 8 - 12 - Resource Threats Workshop, Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado. The
workshop will focus on the National Environmental Policy Act, but will
include other legislation that can be used to influence federal, federally-
licensed or private undertakings that potentially impact NPS resources.
Contact Frank Buono, Albright (602-638-2691) or Jake Hoogland, Environmental
Compliance, WASO (FTS 343-2163).

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

May 8 - 12 - "Practical Approaches to Riparian Resource Management",
educational workshop, Billings Plaza Holiday Inn, Billings, Montana.
Jointly sponsored by several Federal and state land management agencies.
For further information, contact Andrea Darling at 406-652-5197.

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).

May 23 - 26 - "Fire Policy and Strategies in Wilderness and Parks, Past and
Future", symposium, Bozeman, Montana. Sponsored by the NPS and USFS.
Contact Paul Weingart (403-586-8625) or Jim Saveland (912-744-0252).

May 31 - June 5* - WASO/Regional Chiefs of Interpretation Workshop,
Yellowstone, Wyoming. Topics will include Servicewide interpretation and
education and Yellowstone fire interpretation for the summer of 1989.
Contact Mike Watson, Interpretation, WASO, for further information.

June 12 - 16* - Aviation Management Workshop, Boise, Idaho. Contact Butch
Farabee, RAD/WASO (FTS 343-4188; 202-343-4188).

June 19 - 22 - "Our National Grasslands", forum, Kirkwood Motor Inn,
Bismarck, North Dakota. Topics include review of historical and economic
importance of national grasslands. Keynote speaker will be Dale Robertson,
Chief, US Forest Service. Conference celebrates the 50th anniversary of
national grasslands. Contact Joe Sainas, Forest Service, 1824 N. 11th
Street, Bismark, NC 58501.

(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 Bill Halainen in Ranger
Activities).

STAFF STATUS

Butts in Denver all week for meeting with Forest Service, Farabee on SL.

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