RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Tuesday, November 14, 1989

INCIDENTS

89-334 - Colorado NM (Colorado) - Search for Missing Persons

On the night of Saturday, November 4th, seven Mesa State College students
hiked into a remote area just east of the park. Upon arriving at that
location, six of the seven reportedly ingested a hallucinogenic drug known
as "moon flower" (morning glory seeds). During the night, three members of
the party - D.L., 23, G.B., 18, and P.G., 19 -
wandered off individually. G.B. was wearing no clothing at the time he
disappeared despite temperatures that hovered around 30 degrees. By 3 p.m.
Sunday afternoon, the three had not yet returned, and members of the party
contacted the Mesa County sheriff's office. A search was immediately
initiated by county and park personnel. D.L. walked out of the area on his
own and was brought to the county sheriff's office on Sunday evening in an
incoherent state. P.G. was found hiding from searchers around 9 p.m.
Sunday in an area near the park boundary. Bayliss was located in the same
area at approximately 9 a.m. on Monday G.B.; he had also been hiding from
searchers. G.B. was admitted to a local hospital with hypothermia,
frostbite and neurological problems. (Rick Nolan, Assistant CR, Colorado,
via telefax report from Jim Reilly, RAD/RMRO).

OFFICE NOTES

1) We've received word that OPM has approved a Forest Service request to
implement special salary rates for forestry technicians at all grade levels
whose duty station is in Los Angeles County, California. The USFS made the
request because of the serious difficulties they were encountering in
recruiting and retaining employees in Los Angeles, where there is a 37% pay
gap between the private sector and the federal government and where 56% of
their offers for temporary positions have been declined.

STAFF STATUS

Farabee at FLETC, Maj. Healy in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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