RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Monday, January 13, 1992

INCIDENTS

No incident reports this morning.

CALENDAR

Calendar appears in the morning report every other Monday.  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.  Entries are listed no earlier than four months before the
event.  An asterisk (*) indicates a new entry; a plus (+) indicates a
revised entry - subsequent comments explain the revision.  Brackets at end
of entry indicate source of information:

January 22 - 23 - Introduction to Global Positioning Systems and Geographic
Information Systems for Natural Resource Managers, College of Forestry and
Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.  $100
registration fee prior to January 10th; $125 thereafter.  Enrollment limited
to 100 people.  For further information, contact the Office of Conference
Services at 303-491-7501.  [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

January 27 - 31 - Archeological Resource Protection Training, Glen Canyon,
Page, AZ.  Funding by LEEDC/FLETC subject to availability of FY 92 funds.
[Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]

January 28 - March 27 - Land Management Investigator Training, FLETC,
Glynco, GA.  Funded by LEEDC/FLETC.  For application procedures, contact
your regional training office.  [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]

February 10 - April 23 - Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management Agencies
Training, FLETC, Glynco, GA.  Funded by LEEDC/FLETC.  For application
procedures, contact your regional training office.  [Carole Pfeifer,
LEEDC/FLETC]

February 18 - 20 - "NEPA: Current Implementation Issues", regional
conference, Atlanta, GA.  For brochure and registration form, contact Kathy
Jope at FTS 399-5670.  [Kathy Jope, RAD/PNRO]

* February 23 - 26 - Joint Eastern Deer Meeting, Annapolis Ramada Hotel,
Annapolis, MD.  Sponsored by Maryland Department of Natural Resources.  For
further information, contact Edward Golden or Nathan Garner at 301-827-5186. 
[Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

February 25 - May 7 - Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management Agencies
Training, FLETC, Glynco, GA.  Funded by LEEDC/FLETC.  For application
procedures, contact your regional training office.  [Carole Pfeifer,
LEEDC/FLETC]

* March 2 - 5 - Fifteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference, Newport In, Newport
Beach, CA.  For further information, contact Dr. Terrell Salmon, at
916-757-8623.  [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

March 4 - 6 - Tenth Biennial High Altitude Revegetation Workshop,
University Park Holiday Inn, Fort Collins, CO.  Contact Gary Thor at
303-491-7296.  [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

March 9 - 13 - Joint Midwest Region/Southwest Region Chief Rangers'
Conference, Las Vegas, NV.  [Bill Tanner, RAD/SWRO]

March 9 - May 20 - Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management Agencies
Training, FLETC, Glynco, GA.  Funded by LEEDC/FLETC.  For application
procedures, contact your regional training office.  [Carole Pfeifer,
LEEDC/FLETC]

March 12 - 15 - "Environmental Alternatives: Grassroots to Global", Tenth
Annual Conference on Public Interest Environmental Law, University of Oregon
Law School, Eugene, OR.  For further information, contact Kathy Jope in PNRO
at FTS 399-5670.  [Kathy Jope, RAD/PNRO]

March 16 - *** - Natural Resources Management Trainee Program. 
Announcements will appear shortly.  Interested persons should contact their
regional (or WASO or DSC) employee development, natural resource or
personnel office for further information.  [Bill Walker, EDD/WASO]

March 17 - 19 - Rocky Mountain Region Chief Rangers' Conference, Denver, CO. 
[J.T. Reynolds, RAD/RMRO]

March 23 - 25 - "NEPA: Current Implementation Issues", regional conference,
Boston, MA.  For brochure and registration form, contact Kathy Jope at FTS
399-5670.  [Kathy Jope, RAD/PNRO]

March 30 - April 1 - "Crossroads of Conservation: 500 Years After Columbus",
57th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, Radisson
Plaza Hotel, Charlotte, NC.  Sponsored by Wildlife Management Institute. 
Registration forms and program information can be obtained from the Wildlife
Management Institute, 1101 14th Street, NW, Suite 725, Washington, DC 20005. 
[Jen Coffey, RAD/WASO]

March 30 - April 10 - "Outdoor Recreation Management in the 90's",
conference, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.  For further information,
contact David Lime, the NPS CPSU contact at the University of Minnesota, at
612-624-2250.

* April 28 - 30 - "NEPA: Current Implementation Issues", regional
conference, Chicago, IL.  For brochure and registration form, contact Kathy
Jope at FTS 399-5670.  [Kathy Jope, RAD/PNRO]

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady at division program planning meeting, WASO (1/16).

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Martin at division program
planning meeting, WASO (1/16); Halainen at Servicewide uniform committee
meeting, Nashville, TN (1/13-1/17); Marriott at meeting with Forest Service
(1/12-1/15).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd at division program planning meeting, WASO
(1/16); Spruill attending aircraft accident course, USC, Los Angeles, CA
(1/6-1/17).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities