RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Thursday, January 7, 1993

Release:   0800 EDT

INCIDENTS

92-673 - Big Bend (Texas) - Rescue

On December 29th, M.W., a 34-year-old professional rodeo clown,
experienced extreme back pain and numbness in his leg while hiking in the
Chisos Mountains.  A team of eight protection, resource management and
maintenance employees responded on December 30th and carried M.W. a mile and a
quarter to a clearing large enough for a Border Patrol helicopter to land. 
M.W. was flown to park headquarters, where Terlingua medics administered
morphine for the pain.  Due to the severity of the injury, which turned out to
be a broken coccyx and a spinal compression fracture, the morphine had little
effect.  Rangers then took M.W. to the hospital in Alpine for further
treatment.  M.W.'s comment regarding the pain: "When I was gored by a bull
through the cheek and flung around the stadium, that was a ten; by comparison,
this was an eight."  Ranger Connie Cox served as incident commander for the
rescue operation.  [RAD/SWRO, 1/6]

93-1 - Sequoia/Kings Canyon (California) - Structural Fire

A fire totally destroyed the Grant Grove market concession building on January
6th.  When the fire brigade arrived on scene, the building, an historic wood
frame structure, was totally engulfed in flame.  Only the foundation was saved. 
More information will be sent as soon as it is available.  [Doug Morris, CR,
SEKI, 1/6]

93-2 - Organ Pipe Cactus (Arizona) - Drug Seizure

On January 1st, visitors reported that they'd seen three men dressed in
camouflage attire near the park's campground and residential area.  The three
fled in separate directions after being contacted by a hiking party.  Rangers
began tracking them and picked up a recent trail leading to and from Mexico. 
Later that day, four large bales of marijuana, weighing a total of 155 pounds,
were discovered hidden in four different locations.  Overnight gear was also
found at several sites in the area.  Because of increased patrol and pressure
on traditional trafficking routes, new routes are being utilized by smugglers
to avoid detection.  [Robert Stinson, ORPI, 1/6]

93-3 - Organ Pipe Cactus (Arizona) - Stolen Vehicle Recovery; Arrests

Rangers received notification on January 4th that a vehicle had been stolen
from the park's main campground.  Thieves had broken into the vehicle,
attempted unsuccessfully to drive it away, then pushed it down to the
campground amphitheater to avert discovery while they fled on foot back to
Mexico (about four miles south).  After two hours of tracking and surveillance,
rangers apprehended two suspects about 150 feet north of the border.  Two
others escaped apprehension.  The suspects arrested were Mexican juveniles who
are connected with an auto theft gang and have been linked with another auto
theft which occurred in the park in December.  A joint investigation with the
county sheriff is underway.  [Aniceto Olais,
CR, ORPI, 1/6]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady at ranger futures work group meeting (1/5-1/7).

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Martin at national FMO meeting (1/6-
1/8); Halainen instructing management and leadership training class (1/6-1/8);
Marriott on annual leave (1/7-1/8).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd at NWCG meeting (1/5-1/6) and national FMO
meeting (1/6-1/8); Gale at meeting with staff at Southern Area Coordination
Center (1/4-1/5).

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