RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                             MORNING REPORT

Attention: Directorate
           Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
           Ranger Activities Division Information Network

Day/Date:  Tuesday, January 7, 1992

INCIDENTS

91-677 - Fort Pulaski (Georgia) - Radiation Leak

Sometime between December 22nd and 25th, a small amount of coolant
containing the radioactive gas tritium leaked from a reactor at the Savannah
River nuclear facility near Aiken, South Carolina, which is located about
160 miles upriver from the park.  On December 30th, rangers, acting on an
advisory issued by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, closed
public shellfish harvesting areas within the park, and are currently
assisting the department by collecting river water samples at each tide. 
Tritium levels are fluctuating between being non-detectable to being well in
excess of drinking standards.  Shellfish are not thought to have been
affected by the tritium, but the harvest areas have been closed as a
precautionary measure.  [Walter West, Acting CR, FOPU, via telefax from
Steve Alscher, LES, RAD/SERO, 1/6]

92-2 - Channel Islands (California) - Search; Fatality

Around noon on Saturday, January 4th, B.B., 21, his brother M.,
27, and three other members of their family headed out to Anacapa Island on
their 36-foot sailboat.  The brothers went ashore to explore caves on the
island while two other family members went diving and the fifth stayed
aboard the boat.  When B. and M. failed to return, family members
notified the Coast Guard, and they in turn notified the park.  A joint air
and ground search of the shoreline of the island was begun.  The search
focused on the island's northern shore after an independently-owned diving
boat recovered a life jacket in the area.  The search was suspended due to
darkness before any further sign of the B.'s could be found.  On Sunday
morning, a Coast Guard helicopter spotted an empty inflatable raft just
north of Cathedral Cave.  Searchers focused on the area, and discovered the
body of B.B. submerged inside the cave in mid-afternoon.  No trace
of M.B. was found.  Storm surf and winds barred search efforts on
Monday, but searchers do not expect to find M.B. alive.  The
brothers may have been caught in the cave during a storm-driven high tide
and tossed against the rocks.  During high tide, water levels can reach nine
feet inside the cave, and it is nearly impossible to get in or out of the
cave.  Divers are prepared to continue the search as soon as conditions
ameliorate.  [Trish Moraga, CHIS, via SEAdog message from from Steve Martin,
RAD/WRO, 1/6; United Press news stories, 1/5 and 1/6]

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Schamp on AL (12/23-1/8);
Marriott on AL (1/10).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd at NWCG meeting, Tallahassee, FL (1/6-1/10);
Broyles at NWCG prescribed fire working team qualifications task
group meeting, Denver, CO (1/5-1/10); Farrel at wildland/urban interface
initiative meeting, Tallahassee, FL (1/5-1/8); Mattingly conducting
preliminary administrative work for crew placement at Wind Cave, SD (1/7-1/9);
Gale at meeting in WASO (1/6-1/8).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

Telephone:  Branch of R&VP - FTS 268-4874/6039 or 202-208-4874/6039
            Branch of F&A (WASO) - FTS 268-5572/5573 or 202-208-5572/5573

Telefax:    Branch of R&VP - FTS 268-6756 or 202-208-6756
            Branch of F&A (WASO) - FTS 268-5977 or 202-208-5977

CompuServe: Branch of R&VP - WASO-RANGER
            Branch of F&A (WASO) - WASO-FIRE-WO

SEAdog:     Branch of R&VP - 1/650
            Branch of F&A (WASO) - 1/655