RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Monday, August 21, 1989

                      *** NOTICE ***

Flags will remain at half staff for Rep. Leland until his interment.

INCIDENTS

89-235 - Colonial - Flooding

On August 18th, approximately 12 1/2 inches of rain fell on the park within
six hours, flooding the parkway tunnel under Colonial Williamsburg with
about five feet of water. Two cars were flooded out, as was an ambulance
that entered the tunnel to assist them. All parties were rescued. Part of
the earthen dam at Jones Mill Pond sloughed off, and the park was closed
from Cheatham Annex to Kings Point. It was later determined that the dam
was still stable, however, so the parkway was reopened later that afternoon.
A total of about a dozen flooded or abandoned cars were towed from the
parkway during the incident. (Dick Young, Acting CR, COLO, via CompuServe
message from RAD/MARO).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION: Planning Level III.

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency       Area                  Fire                Acres   Contain

ID     USFS     Boise NF                  Lowman Comp. - T2  46,500     8/22
       USFS     Payette NF                Foolhen Comp. - T1
                                            Dollar           11,100     Yes
       USFS     Payette NF                Wilderness Comp.
                                           Game Creek         2,475     None
                                           Sheepeater           353     None

3) FIRE ACTIVITY - 116 fires for 1,617 acres in last 24 hours.

4) ANALYSIS - Demobilization and rotation of fresh crews continues
in the Great Basin. No significant new activity reported.

5) PROGNOSIS - No problem activity anticipated.

(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530 MDT, 8/21/89).

OFFICE NOTES

1) REMINDER: The FINAL DAY for submitting uniform orders to R&R Uniforms
this fiscal year is August 25th. All orders must be postmarked by that
date. As was noted in the two prior memoranda on this matter, the closing
date comes early this year because we are in the fifth and final year of our
current contract with R&R and it will be necessary to shut down for a month
to conduct a comprehensive inventory and conclude all current contract
matters. If you haven't seen those memoranda, contact your regional uniform
coordinator.

2) DOI employees frequently wear their personal protective helmets while
flying in military aircraft and find that they are incompatible with the
communications system wiring harness installed in the aircraft. In these
situations, an adapter (model # CE3946193-B, $102.85) and cable (model #
CE92174-6, $47.47) are available for insertion into the system to resolve
the incompatibility problem. These items are quick disconnect and can be
easily carried with the DOI employee. This equipment can be purchased from
Carter Engineering Co., Inc., 232 South Glasgow Avenue, Inglewood,
California 90301 (213-649-0111).

CALENDAR

Asterisks indicate new or revised entries:

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 12 - 14 - Interpretive Survey Committee Meeting, Lowell NHP,
Lowell, Massachusetts. Meeting to analyze the results of the survey of
field interpreters and make recommendations to the Director.

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).

September 25 - 29 - Interpretive Skills II, Tower Mountain Lodge, Hancock,
Massachusetts. Sponsored and taught by NARO Interpretive Skills Team. This
course meets the second half of the 80-hour interpretive skills training
recommended for permanent interpreters. Contact David Day, NARO, Division
of Interpretation (617-223-5073).

October 1 - 5 - Rocky Mountain Chief Rangers' Conference, Wort Hotel,
Jackson, Wyoming.

October 16 - 20 - Southwest Regional Chief Rangers' Workshop, Hot Springs,
Arkansas.

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.

October 24 - 27 - "The Scientific Challenges of NEPA: Future Directions
Based on 20 Years of Experience", symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Address inquiries to Dr.
Stephen Hildebrand, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Post Office Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6036 (615-574.
7329).

October 30 - November 3 - Law Enforcement for Managers, training session,
FLETC, Georgia. The course is targeted at the management level and is
intended to familiarize participants with recent changes in Federal law, NPS
authority and jurisdiction, policy and guidelines, and civil liability.
Contact Bill Supernaugh (FTS 230-2246 or 912-267-2246).

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)

November 7 - 9 - "Symposium on the Interpretation of Literary and Visual
Arts Sites", Concord, Massachusetts. Sponsored by NARO Interpretive Skills
Team. The symposium will examine the relationship between the creative
process, writers and artists and their works, and the physical resources
through which they are interpreted. Contact David Day, NARO, Division of
Interpretation (617-223-5073).

*November 10 - 11 - Fourth Annual Wilderness Emergencies Conference, Los
Abrigados Resort, Sedona, Arizona. Topics include wilderness improvisation
and rescue, management of backcountry trauma, long term care of the injured,
environmental illnesses, and survival and medical equipment. The
registration fee is $75 ($135 for physicians). For further information,
contact Sharon Harbeck, R.N., Flagstaff Medical Center (602-779-3366,
extension 4185).

November 28 - 30 - Seasonal Law Enforcement Training Program (SLETP)
Curriculum Conference, FLETC, Georgia. School coordinators will meet with
NPS staff to review curriculum in light of NPS-9 revisions and Servicewide
needs. Field input and suggestions welcome. Contact Bill Supernaugh (FTS
230-2246 or 912-267-2246).

November 28 - 30 - "Interpretation of Critical Resource Issues", Sheraton
Ocean Park Inn, Eastham, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the NARO Interpretive
Skills Team. The workshop will focus on the issues and techniques involved
in the interpretation of critical cultural and natural resource management
issues. Contact David Day, NARO, Division of Interpretation (617-223-5073).

December 11 - 15 - Fire Management for Managers, 36-hour course, Branch of
Fire Management, Boise, Idaho. First offering of this new course.

(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

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