RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Monday, January 25, 1993

Broadcast: By 0800 EST

INCIDENTS

92-675 - Hawaii Volcanoes (Hawaii) - Car Clouting Convictions

On January 20th, B.C. and P.J. were each sentenced to ten
months confinement and three years supervised probation after pleading
guilty to three felony thefts from vehicles in the park over the past year. 
Following a series of thefts from vehicles in the Thurston Lava Tube,
rangers Jeff Judd and Gail Minami staked out the area and subsequently
videotaped B.C. and P.J. breaking into vehicles.  The pair will also be
required to submit to drug testing and reimburse visitors whose vehicle
windows were broken during the thefts.  [Jim Martin, CR, HAVO, 1/22]

93-30 - Prince William Forest (Virginia) - Attempted Poaching; Arrests Made

Rangers set out a deer decoy along a rural road that bordered the park on
the evening of December 18th as part of an effort to demonstrate that the
park was taking aggressive measures to curtail poaching of wildlife in the
park.  The rangers then staked out the area.  Shortly after they took their
positions, a sport pickup passed by the decoy, turned and passed it again,
then turned a third time and stopped.  The driver of the truck stepped out
onto the road and shot the decoy with a slug from a 12 gauge shotgun. 
Realizing that he had shot a decoy, the driver quickly sped away with the
rangers in pursuit.  The truck was eventually stopped, and the driver was
arrested and charged on numerous state and federal counts.  The park will
seek restitution for the decoy and forfeiture of the firearm when the case
comes to trial.  [Ken Kelley, RAD/NCRO, 1/22]

93-31 - Ozark (Missouri) - Structural Fire

Sometime between 6 p.m. and midnight on Wednesday, January 20th, a cabin
owned by Don McIntire and located on a scenic easement on the Upper Current
River was totally destroyed by fire.  Damage is estimated to be in excess of
$40,000.  Rangers and the state fire marshall's office investigated the
incident and found that McIntire had left a fire in his wood burning cook
stove when he left the cabin.  There is no reason to suspect arson and no
evidence of arson could be found.  [Tim Blank, CR, OZAR, 1/22]

93-32 - Martin Luther King, Jr. (Georgia) - Special Event

Martin Luther King Week activities in the park ended on Monday, January
18th, with a march and rally attended by an estimated 10,000 people.  Jean-
Bertrand Aristide, exiled president of Haiti, was the principal speaker at a
service of rededication on January 12th, and the annual parade on Saturday
was attended by an estimated 75,000 spectators.  Rangers from Chattahoochee
and Kennesaw Mountain assisted park staff during these events.  Only one
arrest (disorderly conduct) was made; one criminal incident (larceny from an
auto) was also recorded.  [Steve Alscher, RLES, RAD/SERO, 1/22] 

93-33 - Fossil Butte (Wyoming) - Storm Impacts: Closure

The park was closed on Friday, January 22nd, due to high winds, heavy snows,
and a power outage.  All park employees were given administrative leave. 
The superintendent hoped to reopen the area during the weekend.  [Dave
McGinnis, Superintendent, FOBU, 1/22]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

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.  Brackets at end of entry indicate source of information:

January - December - Global Positioning System (GPS) training, Trimble
Navigation, Sunnyvale, CA.  Introductory and advanced GPS courses will each
be offered twice a month.  All courses last three days and are specific to
Trimble products.  Training costs $250-$350 per day , with discounts
available.  Contact Trimble at 1-800-827-8000 for more information.  [Joe
Meyer, GIS/MWR]

February 2 - 5 - Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Symposium, Egan Convention Center,
Anchorage, AK.  For further information, contact Brenda Baxter at the
University of Alaska (907-474-7086).  [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

February 15 - 18 - GIS '93 Conference, Vancouver, B.C.  The conference will
focus on use of GIS in forestry, the environment and natural resource
management.  For further information, contact GIS '93 Symposium Office, 1040
Hamilton St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 2R9 (604-688-0188).  [Kathy Jope,
PNRO]

February 16 - 18 - Fifth Annual Arizona Conservation Law Enforcement
Conference, Prescott, AZ.  Interagency (local, state and federal) conference
on conservation law enforcement, focusing on natural and cultural resources
management.  For further information and registration forms, contact Dwayne
Collier at 602-640-5256.  [Dwayne Collier, SOAR]

* February 21 - 25 - Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Southeast Deer Study
Group, Holiday Inn North, Jackson, MS.  contact Randy Spencer, Mississippi
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, P.O. Box 451, Jackson, MS 39205
(601-364-2210).  [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

February 23 - April 29 - Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management Agencies,
Glynco, GA.  Funded by LEEDC/FLETC.  For application procedures, contact
your regional training officer.  [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]

March 1 - Call for Papers for the Fifth World Wilderness Conference.  For
more information, contact Wes Henry, RAD/WASO (202-208-5211) or Paul
Haertell, ARD/Resources, ARO (907-257-2684).  [Wes Henry, RAD/WASO]

March 1 - 5 - "The Cispus Workshop: Training in Resource Management
Communication Skills", Cispus Learning Center, Randle, WA.  Registration
deadline: February 1.  Cost: $230.  For registration form, contact Cispus
Learning Center, 2332 Cispus Road, Randle, WA.  [Eileen Salenik, PNR, BuRec]

March 1 - 5 - Southwest Region Chief Rangers' Workshop, Radisson Suite
Hotel, New Orleans, LA.  For further information, contact Bonnie Winslow,
RAD/SWRO (505-988-6027). [Bonnie Winslow, RAD/SWRO]

March 2 - 9 - Wilderness EMT, Albright EDC, Grand Canyon, AZ.  No tuition
required, as the course is being funded by an EMS grant.  The class is
limited to 30 students - 15 of them from the NPS.  Housing is available, but
per diem, travel and lodging must be funded by benefitting accounts.  One
page nominations are due in the park no later than January 31st.  For
further information, contact Sherrie Collins at 602-638-7840.  [Sherrie
Collins, GRCA]

March 9 - May 13 - Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management Agencies,
Glynco, GA.  Funded by LEEDC/FLETC.  For application procedures, contact
your regional training officer.  [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]

March 14 - April 1 - "Capturing, Handling and Marking North American
Eagles", training course, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.  For
further information, contact Office of Extended Studies, 303 Montana Hall,
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 (406-994-6683).  [Steve
Cinnamon, MWRO]

March 17 - May 21 - Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management Agencies,
Glynco, GA.  Funded by LEEDC/FLETC.  For application procedures, contact
your regional training officer.  [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]

March 23 - 25 - Second Annual Northern California Conservation Law
Enforcement Conference, Sacramento, CA.  Interagency (local, state and
federal) conference on conservation law enforcement, focusing on natural and
cultural resources management.  For further information and registration
forms, contact Steve Martin in Ranger Services, WRO, at 415-744-3921. 
[Dwayne Collier, SOAR]

March 24 - 25 - Second Annual Maine Conservation Law Enforcement Conference,
Portland, ME.  Interagency (local, state and federal) conference on
conservation law enforcement, focusing on natural and cultural resources
management.  For further information and registration forms, contact Larry
Farnsworth at Unity College at 207-948-3131. [Dwayne Collier, SOAR]

March 19 - 24 - North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference,
Washington, DC.  For information, contact Lonnie Williamson, Wildlife
Management Institute, 1101 14th Street NW, Suite 725, Washington, DC 20005
(202-371-1808).  [Kathy Jope, PNRO]

* March 22 - April 2 - Managing the Protection Function, Albright EDC, Grand
Canyon, AZ.  Open to new chief rangers, superintendents and unit managers
without protection backgrounds, and protection rangers whose next position
could be chief ranger.  Funded by AEDC.  One page nomination forms are to be
sent to AEDC in regional priority order no later than February 22nd.  [Dale
Thompson, AEDC]

March 24 - 28 - Seventh Annual Wilderness Medicine Training Session, Lake
Tahoe, CA.  For further information, call 800-888-5632 or 503-488-3843. 
[Wes Henry, RAD/WASO]

March 29 - June 3 - Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management Agencies,
Glynco, GA.  Funded by LEEDC/FLETC.  For application procedures, contact
your regional training officer.  [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]

March 30 - April 1 - Fire in Wilderness and Park Management, University of
Montana, Missoula, MT.  For information, contact Conferences and Institutes,
Center for Continuing Education, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
(406-243-4623 or 2900).  [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

April 3 - 9 - Conference on the Limits of Acceptable Change in the National
Wilderness Preservation System, Missoula, MT.  For further information,
contact the Wilderness Institute, School of Forestry, University of Montana,
Missoula, MT 59812 (406-243-5361).  [Wes Henry, RAD/WRO]

April 20 - 22 - First Annual Intermountain West Conservation Law Enforcement
Conference, Provo, UT.  Interagency (local, state and federal) conference on
conservation law enforcement, focusing on natural and cultural resources
management.  This conference is made up primarily of representatives from
conservation law enforcement agencies in Utah, western Colorado, western
Wyoming, southern Idaho and northeastern Nevada.  Further information to
follow.  [Dwayne Collier, SOAR]

* April 26 - 29 - Eleventh Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop,
Hyatt Regency, Kansas City, MO.  Contact F. Robert Henderson, Extension
Wildlife Specialist, Kansas State University (913-532-5654).  [Steve
Cinnamon, MWRO]

May 17 - 21 - Fifth Annual Interagency Wilderness Conference, Tucson, AZ. 
For further information, contact Alan Shmeirer, NPS Wilderness Coordinator,
WRO (415-744-3959), or Kathy Hiett, CPSU-UA-NPS, Western Area Archaeological
and Conservation Center, P.O. Box 41508, Tucson, AZ 85717 (Fax: 602-670-
6503).  [Wes Henry, RAD/WASO]

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd at fire management for agency
administrators training course (1/24-1/26); Gale and Broyles instructing at
fire management for agency administrators training course (1/25-1/28).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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