RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Thursday, April 5, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-55 - Coulee Dam (Washington) - Double Fatality

The bodies of D. and B.N., both 34, of Evans, Washington,
were recovered on March 30th from Lake Roosevelt by park rangers and Stevens
County sheriff's deputies. The couple had been reported missing by their
children on the 25th, and a search of the area had been undertaken by park
rangers. No sign of the couple had been found. Construction workers
saw gas and oil on the lake surface on the 30th, however, and subsequent
investigation led to the discovery of the couple and their vehicle in
the lake. It appears that the car left the road, went over a guard rail,
hit a rock embankment, then fell 75 feet into the lake. (Darrell Cook,
CODA, via CompuServe report from Mark Forbes, RAD/PNRO, 4/4/90).

90-56 - Big Bend (Texas) - Drug Arrest

On March 16th, U.S. Border Patrol officers arrested J.R., an illegal
alien from Piedras, Mexico, for possession of just over 13 pounds of
marijuana which he had brought into the United States through the park.
J.R. was arrested ten miles south of Marathon, Texas. (Andy Ferguson, DR,
BIBE, via telefax from Phil Young, RAD/SWRO, 3/28/90).

90-57 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Search and Rescue

At approximately 2 p.m. on April 3rd, M.S., 51, of Pueblo, Colorado,
fell while climbing on chalkstone in the Royal Arch Creek drainage in a
fairly remote area of the park. His companions hiked out and reported the
incident. Park rangers responded and carried the victim out of the
drainage; a helicopter then transported him to Grand Canyon Health Care,
where he was treated for a dislocated shoulder and subsequently released.
(Ken Phillips, GRCA, via telefax from Christine Lee, RAD/WRO, noon EDT,
4/4/90).

OFFICE NOTES

1) The aviation coordinators' workshop originally scheduled for June 4th has
been rescheduled for December 3rd. Current plans are to hold the session in
Boise. Parks with fire workloads should be able to use FIREPRO to pay for
the training; requests will have to go through the normal FIREPRO funding
process. [Butch Farabee]

STAFF STATUS

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Loach at Voyageurs (4/4-6); Healy
  at DARE session in Rocky Mountain NP (4/3-5); Coffey in Athens, Georgia at
  SAF wilderness conference (4/5-6); Kreis on SL (4/5).

- Branch of Fire: Gale on AL (4/5); Norum at National Fire Weather Advisory
  Group meeting in D.C. (4/2-5); Botti in WASO for budget meeting (4/5-6).


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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