RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Monday, December 11, 1989

INCIDENTS

89-348 - Isle Royale (Lake Superior) - Follow-up on Assist to USCG

The damage assessment of the Cutter Mesquite revealed that the ship was
firmly aground fore and aft, but only lightly aground amidships. The ship's
hull was fractured and the center fuel tank had ruptured into the engine
room. It was also determined that the Mesquite was carrying 19,000 gallons
of fuel, a lighter load then the initial estimate of 30,000 gallons. The
oil sheen which was seen on the water near the ship on the 5th was not
visible on the 6th. The Coast Guard Cutters Katmai Bay and Acacia arrived
on scene on the 6th to support the crane barge borrowed from Isle Royale,
but the shallow water and weather - winds of 25 to 35 knots with seas of 6
to 10 feet - made salvage operations impossible. A containment boom was
finally deployed on the 7th, and the Coast Guard asked Isle Royale if it
could employ the park's tug to position the barge near the Mesquite.
Although the tug was winterized and in an iced-in harbor at Houghton, the
Coast Guard said that it would send an ice breaker to open water for the tug
and reimburse the park for all expenses. At last report, efforts were
underway to get the tug to the Mesquite. Once the tug arrived and the barge
was placed, the Coast Guard planned to begin transferring fuel off the
Mesquite. (USCG reports telefaxed by John Townsend, RAD/WRO).

89-349 - Glen Canyon (Utah) - Concession Employee Shot

On December 7th, park rangers received a report that an ARA concession
employee had been found in his apartment at the Bullfrog Marina with an
apparent gunshot wound to the head. The victim, D.A., 34, was
stabilized by park EMS personnel and flown to a hospital in Grand Junction,
Colorado, where he is listed in serious condition. He is expected to
recover from the shooting. Rangers and Kane County Sheriff's deputies are
investigating the incident. (Denny Davies, CVS, GLCA, via CompuServe
message to RAD/WASO).

89-350 - Chickasaw (Oklahoma) - Search; Body Recovered

On May 29th, J.R.B., 73, a resident of the Sulphur Veterans'
Administration Hospital, walked away from the hospital and disappeared.
Park and local authorities conducted an extensive search of the park and
nearby areas for several days with negative results, and the search was
eventually terminated. Now that the area was free of foliage, the park
planned one more sweep to see if they could find evidence of J.R.B..
During the search's planning stage, rangers discovered human remains just
inside the park's boundary, and a medical examiner subsequently identified
these as J.R.B.'s remains. (CompuServe message from Bill Tanner, RAD/
SWRO).

CALENDAR

Asterisks indicate new or revised entries:

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).

*March 12 - 16 - Concessions Evaluation and Pricing, training course,
Yosemite NP, CA. This 40-hour course is designed for NPS employees with
concessions responsibilities. Participants will complete rate studies of
various concession services and conduct actual on-site concession
evaluations in accordance with policy and current administrative procedures.
The filing deadline is January 31st. Class size will be 20 people. For
further information, contact your regional training officer or Ann Baugh at
Albright TC (FTS 602-638-2691).

March 26 - 30 - Regional uniform coordinators' meeting, Nashville, TN.

(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

All staff members scheduled to be in today.

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
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