RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Thursday, July 2, 1992

INCIDENTS

92-307 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Follow-up on D.H. Search 

Park staff and representatives from agencies involved in the search for
D.H. met yesterday morning to determine whether or not the park
should be closed until D.H. is found.  They decided against such action
because there would still be many residents in the area even if visitors
were barred from entry, thereby negating any advantages gained by a closure. 
The East Rim Drive was closed from Grand Canyon Village to Desert View,
however, so a thorough search of that area could be made.  Roadblocks on
access roads to Grand Canyon are causing delays of up to four hours in
entering the park.  Along with search efforts, investigators have been kept
very busy following up reported sightings and other leads - none of them yet
fruitful.  Meanwhile, more information has appeared in news stories about
D.H..  According to United Press, the gun D.H. used in the bank
robbery which landed him in prison had been taken from the home of a fish
farmer in Stockton, California, in 1990.  The farmer was shot in the head,
dismembered and dumped in a river delta; D.H. is suspected of the murder. 
After D.H. left Stockton, he traveled through the Pacific Northwest and
eventually got a job on an Alaska crab boat using his brother's name.  He
got into an argument with the captain of the boat and threatened to kill
him.  The captain put D.H. off the boat about two and a half hours before
it sank, killing the captain and five crewmen.  D.H. was never charged in
connection with the sinking.  Media interest has grown considerably over the
past day or so; at present, crews from the television shows "48 Hours", "A
Current Affair", and "America's Most Wanted" are en route to the park to
film stories on the search.  Nearly 400 people are involved in the search at
present, including 170 NPS employees.  [Ken Phillips, IC team, GRCA, 7/2;
UPI news story, 7/2]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level I

No large fire activity nationally.  Most geographic areas have low to
moderate fire danger.  Little or no commitment of national resources.

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area           Fire                 7/1     7/2    Status

 OR    USFS   Okanogan NF       McCay - T2            500     500    CND   

 CO    BLM    Craig Dist.       Big Cedar              60      60    CND   

NOTES:

- Fires - Asterisk indicates newly reported fire (on this report). T1 and T2
  indicate assigned Type I and Type II Teams.
- Status - The following abbreviations are employed:
  NR - No report received      MS - Modified suppression strategy
  CL - Controlled              MN - Being monitored
  CS - Confinement strategy    NEC - No estimate of containment
  CN (date) - Expected date    CND - Contained
     of containment            DM - Demob in progress

3) FIRE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS - No significant fires reported.

4) FIRE ACTIVITY - 105 fires for 1,032 acres in past 24 hours.

5) ANALYSIS - Only minor fire activity is occurring.

6) PROGNOSIS - No resource shortages expected.

[NPS Wildland Fire Summary, 7/2; NIFCC Intelligence Section, 7/2]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady conducting field interviews for "Ranger Futures"
project (6/28-7/3).

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Henry on annual leave (6/25-7/2);
Smith on annual leave (6/22-7/2); Coffey on detail to WASO Wildlife and
Vegetation.

Branch of Fire and Aviation: No leave or travel scheduled.

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

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