RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Wednesday, October 24, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-368 - Harpers Ferry (West Virginia) - Follow-up on Demonstration

The International Committee Against Racism (InCAR) demonstrated in the park
for an hour on the afternoon of the 21st. Approximately 50 people were
involved. The demonstration was very peaceful. Very few members of the
public or visitors to the park expressed any concerns about the
demonstration. A detail of rangers and Park Police officers provided
security for the event. (Telefaxed report from Capt. Marvin Ellison,
RAD/NCRO, 10/23).

90-380 - Yellowstone (Wyoming) - Serious Vandalism

On October 17th, park geologist Rick Hutchinson found that six geysers and
hot springs in the Rustic Group of the Heart Lake geyser basin had been
seriously vandalized. The vent to Rustic Geyser was blocked with a large
enough boulder to stop it from erupting. Large pieces of sod, tree trunks,
sticks, a snake and other debris were thrown into the other features. A
large section of an unnamed geyser's crater rim was broken, which has caused
a major modification in the geyser's behavior and general appearance. It is
believed that the boulder in Rustic Geyser can not be safely removed. The
vandalism probably occurred within the last two or three weeks. Rangers are
investigating, but have no suspects at this time. (CompuServe message from
Dan Sholly, CR, YELL, 10/23).

90-381 - Sequoia/Kings Canyon (California) - Rescue

At about 3 a.m. on the 21st, 22-year-old A.I. of Visalia,
California, lost control of the vehicle she was driving on Generals Highway;
it went off the road, rolled approximately 300 feet down an extremely steep
hillside, and came to rest next to the Kaweah River. A.I., who apparently
was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the vehicle, which caught fire
and burned completely. She lay on the slope until found by some fisherman
around 7 a.m. Rangers stabilized her and employed technical rescue
techniques to lift her litter up to the road. A.I. was taken by hospital
to Valley Medical Center in Fresno for surgery. She was found to be
suffering from a fractured vertebra, torn aorta and a broken leg, and is
reported to be in serious condition. (CRO, SFJCE, via CompuServe message
from Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO, 10/23).

90-382 - Glen Canyon (Utah/Arizona) - Arrests

On October 17th, rangers and Coconino County deputies arrested K.G.,
24, a seasonal maintenance worker, and R.F., 32, a Marble
Canyon Lodge employee, for an alleged sexual assault on a 30-year-old woman
at Lees Ferry in September. Both men are being held in the Coconino County
jail without bail pending additional charges by state authorities.
(CompuServe message from Larry Clark, CR, GLCA, 10/23).

90-383 - Big Thicket (Texas) - Arrest

Several weeks ago, ranger Mark Bush was at a laundromat when he was engaged
in conversation by D.F., who was washing his clothes at the same
facility. D.F. started talking about hunting and told Bush that he often
hunted illegally in the preserve, adding that he had ways of knowing when
rangers were in the area and that he had therefore never been caught. Bush
gave D.F. a false name, told him that he was new to the area, and said
that he was an avid hunter. D.F. then offered to take Bush hunting in the
preserve. On October 15th, Bush met D.F. at his home on the bank of the
preserve's Pine Island Bayou Unit. While Bush was standing on the dock,
D.F. approached him in a boat in which he had a loaded weapon and several
dead squirrels which he said he'd just killed in the preserve. The two then
headed up the bayou. While in the boat, D.F. produced a bag of marijuana
and rolled a joint. Meanwhile, four rangers in boats took positions
upstream and downstream from the pair. As D.F. approached the upstream
rangers, he was directed to beach the boat and placed under arrest for
possession of a controlled substance. He was taken to the U.S. Marshall's
Office in Beaumont, then to district court. D.F. faces a variety of
hunting violations, including taking of wildlife, possession of a weapon in
a vessel underway, and hunting in an area closed to hunting. (Mike
Livingston, CR, BTTH, via CompuServe message from Phil Young, RAD/SWRO,
10/23).

RESOURE MANAGEMENT

No reports today.

STAFF STATUS

- Division Chief: No travel scheduled.

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: No travel scheduled.

- Branch of Fire: Hurd at branch planning meeting in Boise (10/22-10/26).


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