RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Tuesday, March 13, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-30 - Gulf Islands (Florida) - Fatality

On the evening of March 10th, two park visitors found the body of 26-year-
old D.S. of Perry, Georgia, two miles west of the Santa Rosa day
use facility. D.S. had died from a gunshot wound which was apparently
self-inflicted. A revolver was found by his body. The incident is still
under investigation. (Carl Christensen, CR, GUIS, via CompuServe report
from Capt. Steve Alscher, RAD/SERO, 11 a.m. EST, 3/12/90).

OTHER NEWS...

UPI reports this morning that a contract helicopter carrying a USGS crew
crashed into the crater of Mount St. Helens yesterday. All three persons
aboard walked away uninjured, but the helicopter was badly damaged and will
have to be airlifted out. The helicopter was apparently caught in a sudden
snowstorm and dropped to the ground during whiteout conditions. The exact
cause of the accident is not yet known.

OFFICE, NOTES

1) At the end of last week, a package of information on cave protection was
sent to all ten regions and 60 parks with caves. The package included a
paper on the act which requires federal agencies to prepare cave protection
plans and a draft USFS interpretation of the law. We've since received
word that several packages were incomplete. If you're in a cave park and
didn't receive the package or parts of it, please call Butch Farabee after
Friday (FTS 343-4188). [Butch Farabee]

STAFF STATUS

Kreis on SL, Farabee in Albuquerque at cave protection conference.


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
CompuServe: WASO-RANGER
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