RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Monday, May 21, 1990

INCIDENTS

No new incident reports.

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency      Area             Fire                    Acres  Status

NM     USFS      Lincoln NF        Big  - T1                14,000  None
GA     FWS       Okefenokee NWR    Mother's Day                600  None
FL     NPS       Everglades NP     Gator Bay                   200  MN

NOTES:

- Fires - Asterisk indicates newly reported fire.
- Status - Containment/control dates are estimates; CN means
  contain, CL means control, MN means the fire is being
  monitored; "none" means no estimate; "yes" means the fire has been
  contained.

3) FIRE NARRATIVES

a) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE:

- Gator Bay (Everglades) - Monitoring continues with the aid of one
helicopter. The fire is under control and well-contained by
mangroves.

b) OTHER AGENCIES:

- Big Fire	 (Lincoln NF) - The fire jumped fire lines on Friday as
a result of high winds. Those winds continued to gust throughout
the weekend, reaching peaks as high as 60 mph. According to press
accounts, 700 firefighters were working the blaze as of yesterday
afternoon. A Type I team has been assigned to the fire.

4) FIRE ACTIVITY - 44 fires for 17 acres reported in 24 hours ending
Sunday at 1230 MDT.

5) FIRE DANGERS - The following parks are experiencing high to extreme fire
danger this morning:

       High                Very High                 Extreme

Shenandoah               Bryce Canyon                Big Bend
Pipestone                Big Cypress                 Grand Canyon
Death Valley             Everglades
Hawaii Volcanoes         Carlsbad Caverns
Chiricahua               Guadalupe Mountains
Saguaro

6) ANALYSIS - Southwestern areas continue to report very high to extreme
fire indices, with some lightning activity. NPS areas report the
following:

* Everglades - The park is at MC 4. Conditions remain extremely dry.

* Big Bend	 - The fire danger remains extreme, and forecasters are
not calling for any rain in the near future.

* Carlsbad - The park was at MC 4 on Friday.

* Guadalupe - Nine firefighters have been committed as part of the
Carlsbad interagency crew and have been assigned to the Big Fire.

7) PROGNOSIS - Continued activity is expected in Florida and the Southwest.

(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 1230 MDT, 5/20/90; NPS National Wildland Fire
Summary, 0430 MDT, 5/21/90).

CALENDAR

Asterisk (*) indicates new entry; plus (+) indicates revised entry.
Brackets at end of entry indicate source of information:

May 28 - June 1 - International Symposium on the Biology of Deer,
Mississippi State, MS. Contact Robert D. Brown, Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries, P.O. Drawer LW, Mississippi State, MS 39762.

May 29 - June 2 - "Response '90: Pointe to the Future", 19th Annual NASAR
Conference and Exposition, The Pointe at South Mountain, Phoenix, AZ. Pre-
conference training courses will be offered on a number of topics, including
leadership for emergency response team leaders, ICS-SAR planning section
chief, wilderness medicine, and PLB's. For further information, contact
NASAR, P.O. Box 3709, Fairfax, VA 22038 (703-352-1349). [NASAR]

May 29 - June 1 - National Grazinglands Weed Management Conference, Holiday
Inn Central, Omaha, NE. Contact Jenness Coffey, FTS 343-6380.

June 19 - 22 - NEPA Symposium and Fifteenth Annual Conference of the
National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP), Marriott-
Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX. For further information, call NAEP at 703-660.
2364.

August 5 - 9 - "Recapturing a Vanishing Heritage", Twelfth North American
Prairie Conference, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. For
further information, contact Twelfth North American Prairie Conference, 2759
McCollum Science Hall, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614.
[Kurt Topham, HEHO]

October 13 - 19 - "Natural Areas and Yosemite: Prospects for the Future",
Yosemite (10/13-14) and Sheraton Conference Center, Concord, CA (10/15-19).
Sponsored by The Natural Areas Association, Yosemite NP, and The Yosemite
Fund. Inquiries should be directed to Coordinator, NA/Yosemite Centennial
Symposium, GGNPA, Fort Mason Building 201, San Francisco, CA 94123 (415-556-
1009). [Jenness Coffey, RADATASO]

November 12 - 15 - "Resource Technology 90", International Symposium on
Advanced Technology in Natural Resource Management, Washington, D.C. For
more information, contact conference coordinator Janette Evans at 303-226.
1688. Harvey Fleet, NPS-GIS, DSC, is coordinating the "Parks and Protected
Areas" segment of the session. [Kathy Jope, RAD/MARO]

November 12 - 17 - Sixth Conference on Research in the National Parks and
Equivalent Reserves, Westin Paso Del Norte Hotel, El Paso, TX. Sponsored by
George Wright Society. For further information, call the 1990 Conference
Committee at 415-556-1866. [George Wright Forum].

November 13 - 16 - "Agency and Inter-agency Response to Natural and
Technological Disasters", Sixth Annual Environmental Roundtable, Interlaken
Resort and Spa, Lake Geneva, WI. Sponsored by MWRO, DOI's Office of
Environmental Affairs (Chicago), USFS (Region 9) and EPA (Region 5). For
further information, contact John Townsend, FTS 864-3475. [John Townsend,
MWRO]

December 10 - 14 - FMO meeting, location to be determined. [Doug Erskine,
FIRE]

(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

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Halainen at uniform program
  subcontractor (5/21)

- Branch of Fire: Broyles at training working team meeting in Reno,
  Nevada (5/22-25); Botti in WASO for presentation on FIREPRO budget
  formulation (5/20-22), then at fire program audit at GRCA (5/23-25).


Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

Telephone: FTS 268-4874/6039 or 202-208-4874/6039
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