RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Friday, November 17, 1989

                        *** NOTICE ***

There will be no Morning Reports next week. They will resume on the 27th.

INCIDENTS

89-335 - Great Smokies (North Carolina/Tennessee) - Car Clouting Arrests

During the month of October, a series of car clouts (break-ins) occurred in
the park. Although stakeouts were conducted throughout the month, rangers
were not able to catch the thieves. A breakthrough occurred, however,
through the work of Little River Subdistrict Ranger Bill Acree, who has
investigated and tracked many of the car clouts which have occurred in the
park. Acree noted similar elements in a number of the break-ins, and
recognized them as typical of the car clouts once committed in the park by
B.J.P., 46, of Conyer, Georgia. B.J.P. had been charged with
and convicted of eight counts of larceny in the park. A records check
revealed that he had been released from jail in June, that he had jumped
parole on October 10th, and that he was driving a stolen car. A description
of the vehicle and its license number were provided to rangers on November
8th; on the morning of November 12th, Ranger Pete Walzer spotted B.J.P.
and a companion, R.G., in the park. Both B.J.P. and R.G., who was
on parole for a misdemeanor, were arrested. During a search of the vehicle,
rangers found a loaded .38 double derringer on the car's console and a large
number of stolen credit cards and other items. At least 22 different names
have since been found on the credit cards. B.J.P. has been linked with 15
car clouts in Great Smokies, and will likely be linked to several more in
and out of the park before the investigation is concluded. B.J.P. is
currently incarcerated. He is known to have conducted car clouts in Athens,
Georgia, and in Gatlinburg, Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Following
his first arrest, B.J.P. consented to a videotaped interview on his
experience with car clouting, and he will probably be doing a second
videotape in the near future. These tapes will be available for park
training programs. Contact Bill Acree (615-436-1268, FTS 854-1268) for
further information. (Pete Hart, CR, GRSM, via CompuServe report to
RAD/SERO and RAD/WASO).

89-336 - Cape Cod (Massachusetts) - Oil Spill

On November 16th, rangers discovered crude oil coming ashore in the
Provincetown area from Race Point to Long Point, a distance of approximately
four miles. The oil was in globules of four to eight inches in diameter
along the high tide line. Representatives from the Coast Guard's marine
safety office were en route to the park at the time of the report, and a
unified command will be set up with the Coast Guard and the park. At this
point, it appears that the oil came from a spill in the Cape Cod Canal
during the night of the 14th as a Russian tanker was off-loading oil to a
power plant there. A containment boom was set in place at the time of the
spill, but winds have been blowing up to 35 mph from the southwest and have
pushed the oil from the canal directly toward Race Point. (CompuServe
message from Dennis Burnett, DR, CACO).

89-337 - Big South Fork (Kentucky) - Drug Arrests

On the afternoon of the 14th, rangers conducting a routine traffic stop
discovered 40 pounds of marijuana valued at $100,000 in the vehicle. Two
persons have been arrested. Details are to follow. (Telephone report by
Steve Smith, RAD/SERO).

OFFICE NOTES

1) A task group met in Washington on the 14th and 15th to outline a
Servicewide procedure for processing the almost 1,000 filings for enhanced
annuity law enforcement and firefighter retirement that were recently
submitted by past and present employees. Procedures and guidelines for
employee preparation of case packages and for consistent regional and WASO
case review and recommendations to OPM were delineated. Group members were
George Morris, Bob Kates and Marsha Lee, WASO Branch of Labor and Employee
Relations; Mary Martin, Alaska Regional Office; Jerry McHugh, Lake Mead;
Elizabeth Marcus, NOrth Atlantic Regional Office; Hal Grovert, Fort McHenry;
and Paul Broyles, Branch of Fire Management. Individual filing responses
and consistency guidelines will be forthcoming from WASO shortly.

2) Aviation management seminars are mandatory for aviation managers within
the Department. Managers must attend a seminar at least once every three
years. Attendance is also strongly encouraged for supervisors and others
involved in aviation operations. Four aviation management seminars have
been announced - New Orleans {January 9-11, 1990), San Diego (January 23-25,
1990), Denver (February 13-15, 1990) and Anchorage (March 6-8, 1990).
Nominations should be sent to Larry Young at OAS (FTS 554-9682; 208-334.
9682). For further information, contact Butch Farabee at FTS 343-4188.
These seminars are free. At the recent seminar conducted in Washington,
there were four NPS representatives - one each from USPP, WASO, Everglades
and PNRO.

STAFF STATUS

Dabney on travel, Kreis on lieu day, Healy in Williamsburg.