RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Thursday, June 7, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-125 - Pinnacles (California) - Methamphetamine Lab

On the evening of the 4th, S.E., 29, of Fresno, and K.M.,
37, showed up at a park residence and asked an employee's spouse
for medical assistance. The pair had apparently received caustic burns
while engaged in the clandestine manufacture of methamphetamines. The two
fled when paramedics were called, but were apprehended outside the park.
S.E. and K.M. were arraigned on the 6th and charged with assault with
caustic chemicals (upon each other), disposal of hazardous waste with
injury, disposal of hazardous waste, possession of methamphetamine, and
possession of a concealed weapon. San Benito County is continuing the
investigation with assistance from the NPS and BLM. (Ed Carlson, CR, PINN,
via CompuServe message from Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO, 6/6).

90-126 - Canyonlands (Utah) - Successful SAR

At 1:30 p.m. on the 5th, 43-year-old F.H. of Flagstaff, Arizona,
became separated from her husband while hiking the eight-mile-long Syncline
Loop Trail in the park's Island in the Sky District. F.H. had been hiking
approximately 20 minutes ahead of her husband. He reported her missing to
rangers at the visitor center at 5 p.m. Hasty teams were immediately
dispatched, and a contract helicopter stationed at Mesa Verde was requested.
Smoke from a signal fire was spotted by the helicopter, and F.H. was
contacted at 8 p.m. She was found in good condition. Her location was atop
Buck Mesa, approximately one mile off the trail. She had no map, little
food, no prior experience on the trail, and had not stopped at the visitor
center for information. (Telefaxed report from Tony Schetzsle, CR, CANY,
6/6).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SIIUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency      Area             Fire                    Acres  Status

CO     BLM       Grand Junction    Twin Peaks                  230  CL 6/7

AZ     USFS      Coronado NF       Dry                         230  Yes
       USFS      Tonto NF          Bray - T2                   633  CL 6/7
       USFS      Coconino NF       Bray #2 - T2            (Above)  CL 6/7
       AZ        State            *Central II                  845  Yes
       BIA       Papago           *Chutum Baya                 120  CN 6/6

NM     USFS      Lincoln NF        Big                      33,135  CL 6/8
       BLM       Roswell           Pecos                       250  CL 6/7
       BLM       Roswell          *Lil Seven                   500  CL 6/8

GA     FWS       Okefenokee NWR    Mothers Day               3,800  CL 6/7

NOTES:

- Fires - Asterisk indicates newly reported fire. T1 and T2 indicate
  assigned Type I and Type II Teams.
- 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.
- Agencies - All BLM areas are districts; CDF is California
  Department of Forestry.

3) FIRE NARRATIVES

-	 N/A

4) FIRE ACTIVITY - 127 fires for 2,978 acres in past 24 hours.

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

       High                Very High                 Extreme

Everglades               Bryce Canyon                Bandelier
Joshua Tree              Big Bend                    Carlsbad Caverns
Lava Beds                Guadalupe Mountains         Chiricahua
Santa Monica             El Malpais
                         Hawaii Volcanoes
                         Saguaro

6) ANALYSIS - Very high to extreme conditions are being reported by agencies
throughout the Southwest. National parks report the following:

* Big Bend - Weather continues to be very hot. Forecasted temperatures
call for daily highs between 105 and 110 degrees. No precipitation is
in sight.

* Carlsbad Caverns - No smokes have been seen on the Big Fire for eight
days. Weather is again hot, dry and windy, with afternoon
thunderstorms. Several of Monday's lightning ignitions have rekindled
on BLM lands just north of the park.

* Saguaro - Temps yesterday reached over 108 degrees.  Humidities remain
low. Fuels are extremely dry.

7) PROGNOSIS - An increase in fire activity is expected in the Southwest
and Colorado as a result of forecasted dry lightning.

(NIPCC Intelligence Section, 0530 MDT, 6/7/90; NPS National Wildland Fire
Summary, 0430 MDT, 6/7/90).

RESOURCE PROTECTION MANAGEMENT

Cumberland Island (Georgia) - Fourteen cases of lyme disease have been
reported in the park in the past two years, and visitors are being warned
about ticks that carry the disease. According to an epidemiologist with the
state Department of Human Resources, the number of reported cases is higher
than state health officials expected, but does not mean lyme disease has
reached epidemic proportions. However, a Georgia Southern College
researcher said the occurrence of lyme disease in the park may be higher
than 14 cases because many people do not realize they are infected. Lyme
disease, which is contracted from infected ticks, mimics the flu with
symptoms such as fatigue, chills, fever and muscle and joint pains. /About
12 percent of the island's deer and 20 percent of the mice have been exposed
to infected ticks. (United Press, 5/30).

STAFF STATUS

- Division Chief: Dabney in Arlington, Virginia, at USFWS law enforcement
  review panel meeting (6/4-8).

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Healey on AL (6/6-6/22); Kreis
  on SL.

- Branch of Fire: Gale at 1-520/620 steering committee meeting in Port
  Angeles, Washington (6/4-6/14); Rutter, Brown and Wise on detail to ADD
  and RAD, Washington, D.C. (6/3-6/10).


Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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