RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Monday, June 5, 1989

INCIDENTS

89-110 - Glen Canyon - Follow-up on Diving Fatality

On the afternoon of June 1st, divers found the body of T.N. located
on a shelf 119 feet under the lake's surface after only 30 minutes of
searching. The body was directly below the point where T.N. entered the
water after his dive from the 70-foot-high cliff above the lake on May 29th.
The body was located by a Phantom 500 remote control submersible vehicle
equipped with a video camera. The vehicle and divers were from the Maricopa
County sheriff's office; the operation was funded by the K.C. Johnson
Foundation of Phoenix, which was established by the parents of a boy who
drowned in Lake Powell and who was recovered only after an extensive,
week-long search. (John Benjamin, GLCA, via CompuServe message to RAD/WASO and
RAD/RMRO).

89-116 - Santa Monica Mountains - Toxic Spill

Rangers on patrol in Trancos Canyon on June 1st discovered a 20-foot-square
area covered with unidentified chemicals. Specialists from the Los Angeles
county fire department were called in, and they identified the several
substances found there as chemicals employed in the illicit manufacture of
PCP. The chemicals were also determined to be extremely hazardous. The
park contacted the National Response Center, and were forwarded to the
California office of the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA employed
"Super Fund" money to hire a contractor to clean up the area, and work was
to have been completed at the site by the afternoon of the 2nd. (Ernie
Quintana, CR, SAMO, via CompuServe message from RAD/WRO).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION

a) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

* Window Fire - Big Bend - 150 acres:

The fire was controlled on Sunday.

* Black Gap Fire - Big Bend - 500 acres:

The fire was controlled on Sunday.

1) OTHER AGENCY

* Miami Canal Fire - State of Florida - 48,000 acres:

There's no new information on the fire.

2) FIRE ACTIVITY - 118 fires for 1,168 acres as of Sunday afternoon. As of
yesterday, 27,486 reported fires had burned 831,349 acres this year. This
compares with 45,358 fires for 533,574 acres on the same date in 1988.

3) ANALYSIS - Widespread lightning continues throughout the western United
States, but fire activity has decreased due to higher humidities.

4) PROGNOSIS - Holdover fires in the southwest are expected as a result of
on-going thunderstorm activity. No resource shortages are anticipated.

(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530 MDT, 6/5/89).

CALENDAR

Asterisks indicate new or revised entries:

June 5 - 9 - Wilderness Management School, Teton Valley Ranch Camp, Kelly,
Wyoming. Sponsored by the Student Conservation Association. The objective
of the school will be to "bring together wilderness managers from many
agencies with diverse experience to exchange ideas and field techniques
relevant to current issues in wilderness management." Topics will include
campsite assessment, monitoring trail conditions and water quality, managing
and monitoring special uses and managing and monitoring the wilderness
recreation experience. There will also be presentations and discussions on
wilderness management matters. Cost: $325, which covers instruction,
materials, tools, lodging and meals. A 15% tuition discount is available to
parties of three or more registering together. For more information,
contact Missi Booth Goss at 206-547-7380.

June 6 - 8 - GIS Conference, Towson State University, Towson, Maryland.
Contact John Morgan, College of Liberal Arts, Geography and Environmental
Planning, Towson State University, Towson, MD 21204 (301-321-2964).

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

June 19 - 22 - "Cur 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.

July 23 - 26 - "Meeting Global Wildland Fire Challenges", Boston,
Massachusetts. Contact National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch
Park, Quincy, MA 02269 (617-770-3000).

July 30 - August 2 - "Making Conservation Happen - Together", annual meeting
of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The
meeting includes sessions on international soil and water conservation
issues, water quality, watershed management, wildlife management and
conservation during mining and reclamation. Contact SWCS, 7515 NE Ankeny
Road, Ankeny, Iowa 50021.

September 11 - 17 - "Managing America's Enduring Wilderness Resource",
conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sponsored in part by the National Park
Service. Contact David W. Lime, College of Forestry, 110 Green Hall,
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 (612-624-2250).

September 17 - 22 - Annual conference, American Water Resources Association,
Tampa, Florida. The themes will be water laws and management and wetlands
concerns and successes. Contact AWRA, 5410 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD
20814 (301-493-8600).

October 22 - 27* - Rendezvous XIII, joint meeting, Association of National
Park Rangers and Employee and Alumni Association, Arlington Resort Hotel and
Spa, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

November 5 - 10 - "Homespun to High Tech: Interpreting for Urban Audiences",
workshop, National Association of Interpretation, St. Paul/Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Contact NAI, PO Box 1892, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (303-491-6434)

(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

Hodapp in Denver.

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

Telephone: FTS 343-4874/6039 or 202-343-4874/6039
Telefax: FTS 343-5977 or 202-343-5977
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