RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Tuesday, April 24, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-64 - Amistad (Texas) - Follow-up on Drowning

On April 14th, J.K., 22, disappeared from a boat in which he was
cruising with two companions. On the 19th, J.K.'s body was located in
Mexican waters on lake Amistad by a commercial fisherman from Mexico and
subsequently recovered by rangers. The fisherman reported having seen
J.K. and his two companions on the day the incident took place about a
mile from the international boundary. He described the boat as traveling
very fast and making sharp turns with great amounts of water spraying into
the air. Military investigators from Laughlin Air Force Base are
investigating the incident. (CompuServe message from Eldon Kohlman, CR,
AMIS, via RAD/SWRO, 5 p.m. EDT, 4/23/90).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Planning Level I.

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency      Area             Fire                    Acres  Contain

MN     FWS/MN    Agassiz NWR      *Elm Lake                 18,380  None
       BIA/MN       -             *Reservation              37,200  Yes

NOTES:

- Agencies - All BLM areas are districts; CDF is California
  Department of Forestry.
- Fires - Asterisk indicates newly reported fire.
- Areas - T1 and T2 indicate assigned Type I and Type II Teams.
- Contain - Containment dates are estimates; "none" means no
  estimate; "yes" means the fire has been contained.

3) FIRE ACTIVITY - 404 fires for 3,855 acres over the weekend.

4) ANALYSIS - One air tanker from the Southeast and one lead plane
from Boise have been moved to Minnesota. Moderate to high fire
activity is occurring in Minnesota, with minor activity in the
Southeast.

5) PROGNOSIS - Fire activity is expected to continue in the East.

(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530 MDT, 4/23/90)

OFFICE NOTES

1) The following areas are ex officio members of the Mountain Rescue
Association (MRA): Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Sequoia-Kings Canyon,
Yosemite, Glacier, Zion, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain, Mt. Rainier, North
Cascades, Olympic and WASO. Any area having an interest in technical rock
search and rescue should consider joining. For further information, call
Butch Farabee at FTS 343-4188. [Butch Farabee, RAD/WASO]

STAFF STATUS

- Division Chief: Dabney at USFWS law enforcement review commission meeting,
  Arlington, VA (4/23-26).

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Loach in Alaska (4/23-27).

- Branch of Fire: Gale instructing on ICS and fire management at Albright
  (4/26-27)


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
SEAdog:     1/650 (Phone:343-6014; BAUD:2400)