RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Monday, June 11, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-127 - Zion (Utah) - Landslide

On June 6th, hikers informed park rangers that a large landslide had
occurred in Kolob Creek, which flows into the popular park hiking route in
Zion Narrows. The slide area is about a half mile upstream from the park
boundary on private land. The debris from the slide has reportedly formed a
20-foot high dam in Kolob Creek, and water is backing up behind it. A
helicopter overflight by rangers yielded little additional information due
to the altitude the ship had to fly above the canyon, but it appeared that
the pool was increasing in size. Rangers were to hike in from above the dam
site on the 8th to try and gather definitive information about the
impoundment, since any release will affect park lands. The state dam safety
specialist in Salt Lake City has been advised and is awaiting information
from the park. Due to the potential for dam failure, the Narrows have been
closed to both upstream and downstream travel until further notice.
(Telefaxed report from Larry Van Slyke, CR, ZION, 6/8).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATTON - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency      Area             Fire                    Acres  Status

TX     NPS       Big Bend         *Grapevine                   100  CL 6/10

CO     CO        State             Tercio                    1,000  CN 6/11

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 - No information available.

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

       High                Very High                 Extreme

Big Cypress              Cumberland Island          El Malpais
Scotts Bluff             Carlsbad Caverns           Hawaii Volcanoes
Big Bend                 Guadalupe Mountains
Padre Island
Grand Canyon
Lava Beds

6) ANALYSIS - No nationwide information available. National parks report
the following:

* Big Cypress - Summer has arrived.	 Oasis Ranger Station received
three inches of rain in two hours on 6/8.

* Cumberland Island - Dry pattern continues; ignition potential is high.

* Bandelier - Rain has temporarily moderated fire potential.

* Big Bend - Except for the Grapevine Fire, an overflight of the park
on 6/9 revealed no new smokes.

* Grand Canyon - The park received .08 inch of rain on 6/9, which
moderated fire dangers somewhat. Numerous ground strikes occurred at
the same time, but no new ignitions have been found so far.

* Chiricahua - .08 inch fell on 6/9.

* Saguaro - The park received .24 inch of rain in the Rincons on 6/9.

* Yosemite - Thunderstorms were predicted for the park on 6/10 and
same lightning ignitions were expected.

7) PROGNOSIS - No information available.

(NPS National Wildland Fire Summary, 0430 MDT, 6/11/90).

OFFICE NOTES

1) We've heard that numerous employees who've filed for consideration under
the provisions of 5 USC 8336(c) - 20-year retirement - are being stymied in
their efforts to obtain information regarding their individual law
enforcement and/or firefighting records. This information may be vital to
their ability to adequately present their cases, and we ask that you help
these employees obtain their records as quickly as possible.

2) CORRECTION: On the morning report for June 6th, we gave you the wrong
number to contact Jim Mount at HAFE regarding contributions for the ranger
museum. You can reach Jim at FTS 925-6445 or 304-535-6445.

CALENDAR

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

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
MoCollum Science Hall, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614.
[Kurt Topham, HEHO]

* September 11 - 13 - EMS Coordinators' Training, Albright Training Center.
More information to follow. [Butch Farabee, RAD/WASO]

October 13 - 19 - "Natural Areas and Yosemite: Prospects for the Future",
Yosemite (10/13-14) and Sheraton Coherence 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, GGNRA, Fort Mason Building 201, San Francisco, CA 94123 (415-556-
1009). [Jenness Coffey, RAD/WASO]

November 8 - 10 - "The Spanish Missionary Heritage of the United States",
Fountain Plaza Hotel, San Antonio, TX. For registration information, please
write to Quincentenary Committee, San Antonio Missions NHP, 2202 Roosevelt
Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78210 or call either Racinda Meno or Dr. Art Gomez
at 512-229-5701.

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, West in 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]

* November 27 - 30 - Annual regional recreation fee and reservation system
coordinator training, Department of Interior. Benefitting account pays
travel and per diem. Contact Was Kreis, FTS 268-4205. [Was Kreis, RAD/WASO]

December 10 - 14 - FMD 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

- Division Chief: No travel planned.

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Healy on AL (6/11-6/22);
  Martin on AL (6/12-6/20); Coffey on AL (6/11).

- Branch of Fire: Gale at 1-520/620 steering committee meeting, Port
  Angeles, WA (6/11-6/14); Norum at global climate change symposium
  (6/11-6/15); Clark at PNR overhead development, Seattle, WA (6/11-15).


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