RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Monday, October 30, 1989

INCIDENTS

No incident reports this morning.

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Planning Level I.

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency       Area                  Fire                Acres   Contain

ND     BIA      Turtle Mountain           Turtle Mt. Comp.    6,230     10/28

MN     BIA/MN   Red Lake                  Reservation        43,000     10/28
       MN           -                     Moose River         1,200     Yes
       MN           -                     Arveson/Pelan       3,200     1/27


3) ANALYSIS - Windy and dry conditions in the north central states
continue to slow containment efforts on fires.

4) PROGNOSIS - Forecasted high winds are expected to further delay
containment efforts.

(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0900 MDT, 10/27/89).

CALENDAR

Asterisks indicate new or revised entries:

November 1 - 2 - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore's 11th Annual Research
Conference, Bayfield, Wisconsin. Address inquiries to Dr. Robert Brander,
Apostles Islands NL, Route 1, Box 4, Bayfield, WI 54814 (715-779-3397).

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 6 - 9 - Employee Development Officers' Workshop, F1IETC, Glynco,
Georgia.

November 6 - 8 - Regional Fire Coordinators' Meeting, Denver, Colorado
(tentative). Key topics will include FY 90 FIREPRO financial management, FY
90 recruitment, rewriting NPS-18 and an FMO orientation session for the
spring of 1990.

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 13 - 17 - Law Enforcement for Managers, training session, FLETC,
Georgia. Rescheduled from October 30 - November 3. The course is targeted
at the maragement 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 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).

*February 25 - 28 - National Conference on Urban Entomology, university of
Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Contact Dr. Pat Zungoli, Department of
Entomology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0365 (803-656-3111).

(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 on travel, Healy at USPP conference, Ringgold on leave.