RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Thursday, June 8, 1989

INCIDENTS

89-117 - Dinosaur - Follow-up on Oil Spill in Yampa River

The oil which spilled into the Yampa River early on the morning of Friday,
June 2nd, reached the park sometime before dawn on Sunday. By mid- to late
afternoon, the oil had reached Mather Hole; it arrived in Echo Park and at
the confluence with the Green River on Monday morning. As of that time,
there was very little spread into the Green and very little oil evident in
the park. The area EPA coordinator returned to the Yampa on Monday. He
again declared the spill contained on Tuesday, and turned over monitoring
activities to involved Federal agencies. AMOCO will continue clean-up
operations and will focus on the heavy concentrations of oil from Deer Lodge
back toward the spill site. The oil which leaked into the Yampa is a light
crude. It does not contain any heavy metals or hydrogen sulfide; although
it can be flammable, the flammable components - butane and benzene -
evaporate quickly and are no longer a threat. The oil will eventually break
down into C02 and water. Predictions are that the majority of the oil will
dissipate within the next two weeks, but that it will take up to four months
before it dissipates entirely. (Jim Reilly, RAD/RMRO, via briefing
telef axed to RAD/WASO).

89-122 - Glen Canyon - Climbing Fatality

Just before noon on the 6th, B.A., 30, of Meridian, Idaho, left his
boat camp at Warm Creek near the lower end of Lake Powell to go jogging.
When he failed to return by 2:30, his girlfriend reported him missing to the
park by marine band radio. An extensive land, water and air search was
conducted until the evening, then was called off due to darkness. Although
B.A. was not found, NPS rangers and a search dog from Utah Parks had
followed his tracks several miles up-canyon to a point where he had started
a climb up the rocks to the rim. Trackers were flown to the rim by
helicopter at first light on the 7th. They followed B.A.'s tracks for
about a mile along the rim. Ranger Bill Briggs, who served as search
leader, spotted the victim's body from the helicopter, which was scouting
ahead of the trackers. B.A. had fallen about 200 feet to a talus slope
below the cliff rim and had died on impact of massive head injuries. (John
Benjamin, GLCA, via CompuServe to RAD/RMRO and RAD/WASO).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION (Planning Level II)

a) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

* No significant fires reported.

b) OTHER AGENCY

* Saddle Camp Fire - Wenatchee NF - 121 acres:

Containment is expected this evening.

2) FIRE ACTTvTTY - 81 fires for 602 acres in past 24 hours.

3) ANALYSIS - Fire activity in the southwest has moderated due to the
diminishing number of thunderstorms. Lightning continues in California,
Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Some demobilization is underway from the southern
area.

4) PROGNOSIS - Hot, dry and windy conditions are expected to persist in the
southwest and Great Basin. No resource shortages anticipated.

(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530 MDT, 6/8/89).

OFFICE NOTES

1) We've received notice that President Bush will be visiting Yellowstone
and Grand Teton on Monday, and that Vice President Quayle will be rafting
through New River Gorge on Saturday.

STAFF STATUS

Hodapp in Denver, Butts in Boston.

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
CompuServe: WASO-RANGER