RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Monday, February 10, 1992

INCIDENTS

No incident reports today.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No reports today.

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:

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]

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 - "Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive Species: Traversing
the Legal and Administrative Terrain", Marana, AZ.  For further information,
contact Moira McDonald at 202-939-3848 or Suellen Keiner at 202-939-3839. 
[Margaret Osborne, WASO]

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

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 - 17 - Chiricahua Mountains Research Symposium, Arizona. 
Sponsored by NPS, USFS, American Museum of Natural History and Nature
Conservancy.  For papers and further information, contact Dick Anderson at
602-824-3560.  [Carol Kruse, CHIR]

March 16 - 20 - North Atlantic Region Chief Rangers' Conference, Long
Branch, NJ.  [John Lynch, RAD/NARO]

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

* March 23 - 25 - Southeast Region Chief Rangers' Conference, Chattanooga,
TN.  [Bill Springer, RAD/SERO]

* March 23 - 27 - Western Region SET training, Twentynine Palms, CA.  The
training will include 30 members of the Rocky Mountain Region SET teams. 
Coordinated by Herb Gercke, 415-744-3921.  [Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO]

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 26 - 28 - Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management, Wichita, KS. 
Sponsored by University of Missouri.  For further information, call 1-800-776-1044.
[Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

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 2 - "Resources Management - United for Excellence in
Strategy, Approach, Function and Understanding," Rocky Mountain Region
Science and Resource Management Workshop, Grand Junction, CO.  For further
information, contact Steve Chaney at FTS 327-2650 or 303-969-2650.  [Steve
Chaney, RMRO]

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 1 - 2 - Peer Counselor Training, Tucson, AZ.  A few slots remain
open for persons outside Western Region.  Benefitting accounts must pay for
training.  Coordinated by Herb Gercke, 415-744-3921.  [Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO]

April 23 - 24 - "Mapping Tomorrow's Resources", symposium, Utah State
University, Logan, UT.  The symposium will focus on the uses of remote
sensing, GIS, and global positioning systems for resource management.  For
further information, call 801-750-2445.  [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

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]

May 17 - 20 - Fourth North American Symposium on Society and Resource
Management, Madison, WI.  For program information, contact Donald Field at
608-262-6968.  [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

May 19 - 21 - "NEPA: Current Implementation Issues", regional conference,
Anchorage, AK.  For brochure and registration form, contact Kathy Jope at
FTS 399-5670.  [Kathy Jope, RAD/PNRO]

* October 26 - November 6 - "RX-90: Prescribed Fire for Burn Bosses",
Harrisonburg, VA.  Although this course will not be offered until the fall,
the nomination period ends on March 14th.  The training is for personnel who
are to become prescribed burn bosses.  No tuition costs.  There are 18 slots
for the NPS, 12 for other agencies.  For further information, contact Len
Dems, 703-999-3441.  [Len Dems, SHEN]

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady at fire management for agency administrators course,
Marana, AZ (2/10-2/14).

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Coffey at wildlife law
enforcement course, Anchorage, AK (2/10-2/14); Sisto on annual leave
(2/10-2/14); Halainen on annual leave (2/12-2/14).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd and Broyles instructing at fire management
for agency administrators course, Marana, AZ (2/10-2/11); Gale on annual
leave (2/10-2/14); Farrel instructing at course on causes of fire in NPS
facilities, Denver, CO (2/10-2/11); Bristol at IRMWT committee meeting,
Sacramento, CA (2/10-2/13).

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

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