RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Wednesday, August 16, 1989

INCIDENTS

89-229 - North Cascades - Wildlife Encounter

On July 31st, a cougar caught and killed a goose owned by park employees
G. and P.M., who live in the government compound at Marblemount.
The couple own several ducks and geese and keep them in an enclosed pen, but
they had been let out of the pen for their daily walk. Several days later,
P.M. was walking the birds in a different location when the cougar
jumped from cover, landed within a foot of her and caught a duck. The park
staff contacted the state and made arrangements to relocate the cougar, as
it was feared that the animal might cause harm to people living in the area.
On August 5th, the cougar got into the couple's wood shed, and rangers were
summoned to their residence. A capture rifle with Rompon and Kedamine was
employed to anesthetize the cat, which was then relocated to another area in
the park. The animal was a yearling female, weighing approximately 50
pounds. (John Malle, NCCA, via CompuServe message from RAD/PNRO).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION: Planning Level IV.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the NPS had 174 firefighters and 81 overhead
personnel committed to fires, down from the 262 firefighters and 106
overhead in the field on Monday.

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency       Area                  Fire                Acres   Contain

ID     USFS     Boise NF                  Lowman Comp. - T1: 45,614     8/16
       USFS     Payette NF                Foolhen Comp. - T2
                                            Dollar           13,400     8/17
       USFS     Payette NF                Game Creek          2,454     None
       USFS     Payette NF                Two Point             767     None
       USFS     Payette NF                Hand Creek            558     None
       USFS     Payette NF                Sheepeater            353     None

UT     BLM      Salt Lake City            Lakeside            1,500     8/16

WA     BIA      Colville Agency           Nespelem - T2       2,000     Yes

OR     State        -                    *Bear                  300     None

3) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE:

Fire danger readings in the parks on August 15th were as follows:

- Extreme: No parks reported extreme fire danger.
- Very High: Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP (California), Whiskeytown-
  Shasta-Trinity NRA (California).
- High: Four parks reported high fire dangers.

* Grand Canyon:

The park had considerable lightning activity on the 14th, which led
to several new starts. More were expected yesterday. All fires are
less than an acre.

4) FIRE ACTIVITy - 183 fires for 1,324 acres in last 24 hours.

5) ANALYSIS - Full-scale demobilization is continuing from fires in
the Northwest and Great Basin. Very high to extreme conditions are
developing throughout most of northern California. A RED FLAG WARNING
has been issued for eastern Montana for dry thunderstorms.

6) PROGNOSIS - Demobilization and rotation of resources will continue.
Fire indices in California and the Great Basin are expected to climb as
a gradual warming and drying trend sets in.

(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530 MDT, 8/16/89; information on parks from
BFM/Boise).

STAFF STATUS

Dabney, Healy and Hodapp on AL. Andy Ringgold is acting chief of Ranger
Activities.

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
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