RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Thursday, June 14, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-131 - Padres Island (Texas) - Follow-up on Potential Oil Spill

The oil slick from the Mega Borg now extends about 15 miles from the ship in
a northwesterly direction. Oil is still leaking from the vessel, whose
fires are now mostly under control. Additional dispersants were to be
applied to the worst part of the slick yesterday. The current projected
landfall for the oil released earlier is the stretch of coast from Freeport
to Corpus Christi; best estimates continue to be that the spill will not
impact the park, which is about 200 miles away. The Coast Guard now
estimates that a total of 3 million gallons of oil either burned or was
spilled into other compartments of the ship or into the ocean. It appears
that from 12 to 40 thousand gallons of that amount spilled into the Gulf.
(Briefing statement from Steve Adams, CR, PAIS, and Jim Walters, RAD/SWRO,
sent via CompuServe, 6/13).

90-133 - Denali (Alaska) - Climbing Fatalities

On June 12th, park rangers and Army helicopter crews located the bodies of
M.K., 33, and S.J., 29, at the 15,800-foot elevation of
the mountain. The two climbers were last seen alive at 16,100 feet on June
1st, and a search was begun after they failed to return on schedule. It
appears that they were killed in a fall. Their bodies are in a position
which would make recovery difficult and dangerous. An NPS patrol on the
mountain will attempt to climb to a point near their bodies to make a final
decision on whether or not a recovery will be attempted. (CompuServe
message from RAD/ARO, 6/13).

90-134 - Katmai (Alaska) - Ranger Injury

On June 12th, seasonal ranger B.A. dislocated his shoulder while
climbing Mt. LaGorce on a lieu day. B.A. had a radio with him, and
called for assistance. A five-person rescue party was sent from the park
office and brought him out. He was treated and released, and is now back at
his Brooks Camp duty station. (CompuServe message from RAD/ARO, 6/13).

[Time constraints preclude listing all current incidents; the remainder will
appear in tomorrow's morning report].

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

AZ     USFS      Prescott NF      *Doce - T2                   500  None

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 - 74 fires for 313 acres in past 24 hours.

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

       High                Very High                 Extreme

Cape Cod                Guadalupe Mountains         Zion
Everglades              Fort Union                  Grand Canyon
Indiana Dunes           Padre Island                Hawaii Volcanoes
Big Bend                Chiricahua
El Malpais
Lava Beds
Sequoia/Kings Canyon
Saguaro

5) ANALYSIS - Very high to extreme conditions are being reported throughout
the Southwest, and all agencies are now at preparedness level IV.
National parks report the following:

* Everglades - The prescribed burn on the west boundary is
underway. About 1,500 acres were burned on 6/12.

*  El Malpais - Hundred and thousand-hour fuels have improved to ten
percent moisture content, but winds have dried fine fuels to four to
six percent in the daytime.

* Grand Canyon - The park had red flag conditions on 6/12. Winds of
up to 45 mph were recorded that evening and continued into yesterday
morning. One-hour fuels were down to six percent at 2 a.m.

6) PROGNOSIS - Fire activity in the Southwest is expected to increase as a
result of forecasted warming and drying conditions.

(NPS National Wildland Fire Summary, 0430 MDT, 6/14/90; NIFCC Intelligence
Section, 0530 MDT, 6/14/90).

STAFF STATUS

- Division Chief: Dabney at USFWS IE program review meeting in
  Arlington, VA (6/14).

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Healy on AL (6/11-6/22);
  Martin on AL (6/12-6/20); Halainen at USFWS IE program review meeting in
  Arlington, VA (6/14).

- 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

Telephone:  FTS 268-4874/6039 or 202-208-4874/6039
Telefax:    FTS 268-5977 or 202-208-5977
CompuServe: WASO-RANGER
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