RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Friday, June 8, 1990

INCIDENTS

No new incident reports received.

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency      Area             Fire                    Acres  Contain

CO     CO        State            *Tercio                      600  None

AZ     USFS      Tonto NF          Bray - T2                   633  CL 6/7
       USFS      Coconino NF       Bray #2 - T2            (Above)  CL 6/7
       BIA       Papago            Chutum Baya                 120  Yes

NM     USFS      Lincoln NF        Big                      33,135  CL 6/8
       BLM       Roswell           Pecos                       250  CL 6/7
       BLM       Roswell           Lil Seven                   650  CL 6/9

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 - 147 fires for 3,593 acres in past 24 hours.

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

       High                Very High                 Extreme
Everglades               Bryce Canyon             Zion
Padre Island             Cumberland Island        Bandelier
Hawaii Volcanoes         Scotts Bluff             Carlsbad Caverns
Joshua Tree              Big Bend                 Chiricahua
                         Guadalupe Mountains
                         El Malpais
                         Death Valley
                         Grand Canyon
                         Saguaro

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

* Everglades - When easterly winds return, the park will continue a
prescribed burn on the west boundary. Several pine block burns are
also scheduled for the near future.

* Cumberland Island - Fire danger is still very high.	 No significant
changes in the weather pattern are predicted.

* Bandelier - Thousand-hour fuels are eight percent.	 Statewide
restrictions are to go into effect at 8 a.m. tomorrow.

* Big Bend - Temps remain in the 105 - 113 degree range.	 No
precipitation is forecast. High elevation temperature around
95 degrees. Normal average high for June in the High Chisos (1985-89)
is about 83 degrees.

* Grand Canyon - Weather continues to be hot and dry.	 The park
has been at MC 5 all week.

* Chiricahua - Dry lightning is forecast for the area.

* Saguaro - Temperatures in the 105 - 107 degree range.	 Humidities
increasing due to Tropical Storm Boris.

7) PROGNOSIS - Fire activity is expected to increase in Arizona and
New Mexico with the onset of predicted dry thunderstorms.

(NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530 MDT, 6/8/90; NPS National Wildland Fire
Summary, 0430 MDT, 6/8/90).

OFFICE NOTES

1) Mario Fraire, Chief Personnel Officer in WASO, has sent the following
memorandum to regional, center and park personnel officers:

"We have been informed that the Office of Personnel Management (OEM) plans
to reopen the Administrative Careers with America (ACWA) announcement in
September. OEM will provide additional information at a later date. We
will keep you posted when we get further information from OEM on the
specific dates and exam coverage."

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 lieu day.

- 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 AOD
  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
Telefax:    FTS 268-5977 or 202-208-5977
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