RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Friday, October 26, 1990

INCIDENTS

87-243 - Channel Islands (California) - Update on ARPA Incident

On October 4, 1987, rangers, National Marine Fishery Service agents and
Santa Barbara sheriff's deputies boarded the charter dive vessel Vision and
discovered that divers on the ship had removed hurdreds of artifacts from
the wrecks of the "Winfield Scott" and "Golden Horn", both of which are
within the park. A series of prosecutions stemmed from that incident which
have been recounted in morning reports over the past three years. Recently,
seven Los Angeles members of the California Wreck Divers Club were fined a
total of $132,000 for looting the wrecks. Individual penalties in the civil
prosecution ranged from $1,000 to $100,000. In addition, all but one
defendant pled guilty in criminal proceedings and received sentences ranging
from $750 in fines to 30 days in jail. (Carol J. Spears, CT, CRTS, via
(CompuServe message from Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO, 10/25).

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No reports today.

OFFICE NOTES

1) Mather Employee Development Center has cancelled the following courses
which were scheduled during the next few months:

*  LCS/CRBIB, 10/29-11/2, at the center.
* Interpreting Native American Cultures, 10/29-11/2, in Billings, MT.
* Interpretive Planning, 10/30-11/9, at the center.
* Maintenance Training for Interpretive Media, 12/3-7, at the center.
* EO for Mangers, 12/17-19, at the center.

Contact your training specialist for further information. [Katrina Tucker,
Mather EDC].

STAFF STATUS

- Division Chief: No travel scheduled.

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Coffey on AL (10/26); Kreis on
  lieu day (10/26).

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


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 (Branch of R&VP); WASO-FIRE-WO (Branch of Fire)
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