RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date: Monday, November 19, 1990

INCIDENTS

No incident reports received.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No reports today.


OFFICE NOTES

1) Tom Des Jean, staff archeologist at Big South Fork, has apprised us of
the existence of an organization which is employing fraudulent methods in an
effort to excavate Civil War sites. This operation came to light when an
outfit calling itself the Southeastern Cemetery Removal Company, Inc.,
recently sent a telegram to the town of Allardt, Tennessee, in which they
claimed that a federal judge had authorized them to excavate a Civil War
cemetery and rebury the soldiers elsewhere. The town contacted a state
archeologist, who determined that there was no such federal judge. The
telegram, sent by one Richard Fewshaw, who billed himself as the company's
Superintendent of Services, also claimed that the company's crews would be
supported by a host of archaeologists and other professionals, including "a
representative from the Gettysburg National Park... (and) Lieutenant Buss of
the National Park Service." Parks should inform any neighboring communities
with Civil War sites of the existence of this bogus operation.

CALENDAR

Asterisk (*) indicates new entry; plus (+) indicates revised entry.
Brackets at end of entry indicate source of information:

November 30 - December 2 - Managing the Search Function, Charleston, WV.
Sponsored by NASAR. Call 703-352-1349 far further information. [NASAR]

December 3 - 7 - Fish Tracking Techniques, Panama City, FL. US Fish and
Wildlife Service course. $230 tuition. Call Mike Coffey at FTS 343-8135
for further information. [Mike Coffey, WASO]

December 7 - 9 - Managing the Search Function, Lincroft, NJ. Sponsored by
NASAR. Call 703-352-1349 far further information. [NASAR]

December 10 - 14 - FMO Workshop, Stouffer Madison Hotel, Seattle, WA. The
session begins at 8 a.m. on Monday and concludes at noon on Friday. All
regional and park full-time FMO's and regional and park full-time clerks
should attend. For more information, contact Doug Erskine at the Branch of
Fire (208-334-1055 or FTS 554-1055). [Rick Gale, FIRE]

December 10 - 14 - Archeological Resource Protection, FLETC, Glynco, GA.
For application procedures, contact your regional training office. [Carole
Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]

December 17 - 18 - Karst Research conference, Mammoth Cave NP, Kentucky.
The park's water quality monitoring program will be presented and discussed,
and presentations on current karst research will be made by outside
researchers. Far further information, contact Superintendent, Mammoth Cave
NP, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, ATTN: Division of Science and Resource
Management (502-758-2251). [George Gregory, MACA]

January 10 - March 25 - Basic Law Enforcement far Land Management Agencies
Training Program, FLETC, Glynco, GA. Funded by LEEDC/FLETC. For
application procedures, contact your regional training office. [Carole
Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]

January 14 - 18 - Critical Issues: Museum Security and Fire Protection,
Washington, D.C. This 40-hour course is designed far regional and park
curators and chiefs of ranger activities divisions. It will include
identification of security and fire threats, making assessments, operating
procedures, sources of assistance, hardware systems and technical
specifications and costs of museum security and fire protection. Contact
your park or regional training officer for an application. For further
information, contact Dave Dahlen at Mather EDC (FTS 925-6215 or 304-535.
6215). [Dave Dahlen, Mather]

January 22 - Helicopter Operation Specialist and Pilot Workshop, Anaheim,
CA. Tentative. Sponsored by GAS. Please contact Butch Farabee at FTS 268-
4188 for further information. [Butch Farabee, RAD/WASO]

February 4 - April 16 - Basic Lav Enforcement far Land Management Agencies,
Glynco, GA. Funded by LEEDC/FLETC. For application procedures, contact
your regional training office. [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]

February 27 - May 8 - Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management Agencies,
Glynco, GA. Funded by LEEDC/FLETC. For application procedures, contact
your regional training office. [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]

March 18 - 29 - Prescribed Fire Burn Boss, Big Thicket, TX. Two-week
training session on the management of prescribed burns to meet land
maragement and operational objectives. The course is designed for personnel
having primary responsibility for planning and implementing prescribed fire
as a management tool. Submit an NNCG interagency training nomination form
to program coordinator David McHugh at Big Thicket no later than December
14th. [Paul Broyles, Branch of Fire]

March 25 - June 4 - Basic Law Enforcement far Land Management Agencies,
Glynco, GA. Funded by LEEDC/FLETC. For application procedures, contact
your regional training office. [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]

(Calendar appears in each Monday's morning report. If you know of a
conference, meeting or training session with Servicewide interest and
implications, please provide the specifics to Bill Halainen in Ranger
Activities).

STAFF STATUS

- Division Chief: Dabney on AL (11/23).

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Martin on AL (11/19-11/23);
  Coffey, Henry, Marriott and Halainen on AL (11/23).

- Branch of Fire: Gale on ICS working team project, Santa Monica Mountains
  (11/19-11/20).


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
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