RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Wednesday, June 13, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-131 - Padre Island (Texas) - Potential Oil Spill Impacts

The oil spill from the super-tanker Mega Borg, which has been burning 57
miles off the coast of Texas south of Galveston since the 9th, is spreading
and threatens the Gulf Coast, including Padre Island. The current projected
landfall for the estimated 100,000 gallons which have already spilled from
the tanker is the stretch of coast between Freeport and Galveston. Best
"guesstimates" as to when the oil might wash up on the park's shoreline are
from two weeks to several months. The park's staff has been asked to draft
an incremental emergency response plan identifying their manpower needs
should the situation worsen. Oil impacts will probably fall under the
jurisdiction of the Coast Guard and be funded under Section 311K of the
Clean Water Act. The Coast Guard would subsequently contract with a cleanup
company, and the Service would probably be asked to supervise the cleanup
operation in the park. (Briefing statement from Steve Adams, CR, PAIS, and
Jim Walters, RAD/SWRO, sent via CompuServe, 6/12).

90-132 - Lake Mead (Nevada) - Fatality

On June 12th, 41-year-old G.L. of Pomona, California, was returning
from a water skiing trip when he began complaining of lower abdominal pains.
After stopping at several restrooms along the way, he went into one at North
Telephone Cove. When he failed to return to the car, his friends went
looking for him. They found G.L. unconscious and without a pulse and began
CPR immediately. Park rangers assisted in transporting him to Bull Head
City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The cause of
death is to be determined by autopsy. (Don Hamilton, LAME, via CompuServe
message from Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO, 6/12).

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level I

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency      Area             Fire                    Acres  Status

CA     NPS       Yosemite         *Grove - 10                   40  CN 6/15

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 ACTIVITY - 203 fires for 2,234 acres reported in past 24 hours.

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

       High                Very High                 Extreme

Indiana Dunes             Cumberland Island            None
Big Bend                  Bryce Canyon
Grand Canyon              Guadalupe Mountains
Lava Beds                 Carlsbad Caverns
                          Lake Meredith
                          Hawaii Volcanoes
                          Chiricahua

5) ANALYSIS - No significant fire activity is occurring. National parks
report the following:

* Yellowstone - The park has had no fires yet.	 The weather's been
cool and showers in May and June have kept the park damp.

* Saguaro - Highs on 6/11 hit about 105 degrees, and relative
humidities were in the mid-20's.

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

(NPS National Wildland Fire Summary, 0430 MDT, 6/13/90; NIFCC Intelligence
Section, 0530 MDT, 6/13/90).

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).


Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities