RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Monday, April 6, 1992

INCIDENTS

92-104 - Olympic (Washington) - Apparent Suicide

A park visitor found the body of G.W.S., 44, of Fox Island,
Washington, among driftwood on Rialto Beach near Mora on the afternoon of
April 1st.  G.W.S. died of a gunshot wound, apparently self-inflicted.  A
shotgun and notes written to family and friends were found nearby and in his
vehicle in the Rialto Beach parking area.  The case is under investigation. 
[SEAdog message from Cat Hoffman, OLYM, 4/2]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field 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:

Now - April 17 - Albright Employee Development Fund - The announcement and
employee information packet for this year have been distributed Servicewide. 
Each package contains filing guidelines and instructions as well as an
application.  For additional copies or assistance with the application,
please contact your local Employee Development office or training officer. 
Applications are due in the WASO Employee Development Division postmarked no
later than April 17th.  [Flip Hagood, EDD/WASO]

April 21 - 24 - First Joint NCR/NAR/MAR Recreation Fee Coordinators'
Workshop, Atlantic City, NJ.  For additional information, contact either
John Lynch in NAR (FTS or commercial 617-223-5064), Ken Kelley in NCR (FTS
269-7065 or 202-619-7065), or Ginny Paci (FTS 597-7135 or 215-597-7135). 
[Ginny Paci, RAD/MAR]

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]

April 28 - May 2 - "Rivers for Tomorrow: Strategies for Planning and
Management", Portland, OR.  A national symposium for river planning and
management on public lands.  Sponsored by the American River Management
Society and Oregon State University.  Contact the conference assistant at
the OSU College of Forestry at 503-737-2329 for further information.  [Jim
Braggs, CANY]

* May 3 - 6 - Third National U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Geographic
Information Systems Workshop, Radisson Hotel, LaCrosse, WI.  For further
information, call 608-783-7550 or FTS 781-6310.  [Steve Cinnamon, RAD/MWRO]

May 4 - 6 - "Threats to the National Wilderness Preservation System: The
Managerial Challenge", Hilton Hotel, Portland, OR.  Major, national-level
technical session on primarily natural resource aspects of wilderness
management and research targeted toward line officers, researchers and
program managers.  There will be room for approximately 325 participants. 
Co-sponsored by NPS, BLM, USFS and SAF Wilderness Working Group. 
Registration brochures may be obtained from Alan Schmierer, WRO, at FTS
484-3959 or 415-744-3959.  [Alan Schmierer, WRO]

May 5 - 7 - Mid-America GIS Symposium, Overland Park, KS.  For further
information, contact Karl Kappelman at the University of Kansas, Continuing
Education Building, Lawrence, KS 66045-2607.  [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

May 5 - 8 - National Conference, Association of Environmental Professionals,
Seattle, WA.  Contact Ron Deverman 206-828-2854.  [Kathy Jope, RAD/PNRO]

* May 11 - 13 - Environment Law Enforcement Symposium, Kingsborough
Community College, New York City, NY.  Sponsored by Gateway NRA and the
United States Park Police New York Field Office.  Cost of the symposium is
$125 per person;; lodging will be $109 per night.  For further information
and registration materials, please write or call Sgt. Chris Pappas, USPP,
New York Field Office, Building 275, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY
11234-7097 (718-338-3988).  [Chris Pappas, NYFO/USPP]

May 12 - 14 - Regional Chief Rangers' Conference, Alexandria, VA.  [Bill
Halainen, RAD/WASO]

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 18 - 21 - "Ecology Management and Restoration of Intermountain Annual
Rangelands", symposium, Boise, ID.  No information number available. [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]

June 1 - 2 - Conference on Hazardous Waste Research, Boulder, CO.  Call
913-532-6026 for further information.  [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

* June 16 - 18 - Introduction to Satellite Navigation in Resource
Management, Lubrecht Experimental Forest Satellite Navigation Field
Evaluation Facility, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.  For further
information, contact the Center for Continuing Education, University of
Montana, at 406-243-4623.  [Kathy Jope, RAD/PNRO]

* June 23 - 25 - Introduction to Satellite Navigation in Resource
Management.  See above.

* July 21 - 23 - Introduction to Satellite Navigation in Resource
Management.  See above.

MEMORANDUM

"Revised Incident Reporting Procedures", signed March 30th, by David
Moffitt, Acting Associate Director, Operations, and sent to Field
Directorate and Superintendents on April 3rd.  Transmits new incident
reporting criteria and procedures to all field areas.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady at PNR chief rangers' conference, Seattle, WA (4/8-4/10).

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Coffey and Sisto at MAR special
park uses course, Philadelphia, PA (4/7-4/9).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Norum on site visit to Canaveral, Gulf Island
and SICC (4/5-4/10); Broyles coordinating NPS/BLM video on fire management
in the NPS, Big Cypress and Everglades (4/6-4/10); Mattingly attending to
administrative matters for Alpine IHC, Hot Springs, SD, and at RM area FMO
meeting, Riverton, WY (4/6-4/8); Clark representing NPS at prescribed burn
for FWS, Bend, OR (4/8-4/10).

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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