RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Tuesday, June 12, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-128 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Body Recovered

The body of 21-year-old R.S. of Boise, Idaho, was recovered on the
10th, four days after he fell to his death. R.S., who had worked in a
park restaurant for about two months, fell several hundred feet while hiking
with his roommate along the rim on the 6th. The accident occurred when he
attempted to climb around an outcropping on a ledge. Park rangers searched
for two days before finding his body. The recovery team was flown by
helicopter into the canyon, then climbed back up to reach R.S.'s body.
(United Press, 6/11).

90-129 - Denali (Alaska) - Climbing Fatality

H.I., 28, a climber from Hyogo, Japan, died 1,000 feet below the
summit of Mount McKinley on the evening of Sunday, June 10th. H.I. was part
of a seven member climbing team which started up the mountain on May 25th.
On the 9th, they decided to make a fast push to the top from 17,200 feet,
where they left their gear in order to travel light. At 19,300 feet, H.I.
began suffering altitude sickness and was unable to continue to the summit.
His six companions left him without a tent or any survival gear. After they
reached the top, the six split into two parties for the descent. A group of
four climbers found Ito in bad shape and bivouacked with him without
equipment that evening. The party radioed for help on Sunday morning.
Three climbers headed down for help; the one remaining with H.I. learned by
radio that the park had dropped oxygen 200 feet above and went to retrieve
it. When he returned, H.I. was dead. Another rescue team was 500 feet below
Ito at that time. Two of the climbers who camped with H.I. suffered serious
frostbite on their toes and feet, and helicopters flew them off the mountain
yesterday. H.I. is the 62nd climber to die on the mountain - the first this
year. (United Press, 6/11).

90-130 - North Cascades (Washington) - Death of Park Ranger

Early on the morning of the 10th, John Dalle Molle, Marblemount District
Ranger, died of cancer at Wenatchee, Washington. He had been living with
the disease for several years. Private services will be held later this
week, and a memorial service will be held toward the end of the month.
Further details will be provided tomorrow. (Telephone message from Mark
Forbes, RAD/PNRO, 6/11).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE STTAJATION - Preparedness Level I

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency      Area             Fire                    Acres  Status

TX     NPS       Big Bend          Grapevine                   100  CL 6/12

CO    CO         State             Tercio                    1,000  CL 6/12

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 - 168 fires for 794 acres in past 24 hours.

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

       High                Very High                 Extreme

Big Cypress              Cumberland Island        Lake Meredith
Padre Island             Scotts Bluff             Hawaii Volcanoes
Grand Canyon             Guadalupe Mountains
Joshua Tree              Chiricahua

6) ANALYSIS - Only minor fire activity reported in the West. National parks
report the following:

* Mesa Verde - Three holdover fires were found on adjacent BIA land on
6/11. Park helitack crew contained two; both will be demobed today.

* Cape Hatteras - A 3.5 acre fire started by a downed power line was
suppressed on 6/10.

* Cumberland Island - The park still has very high fire danger and is
at MC4.

* Grand Canyon - The Flathead Hotshots arrived in the park with a BLM
type 3 engine yesterday.

7) PROGNOSIS - The potential for holdover fires in the Southwest and
Colorado exists due to lightning activity which occurred over the past
few days.

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

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).

- 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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