RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Friday, February 5, 1993

Broadcast: By 0800 EST

INCIDENTS

93-48 - Prince William Forest (Virginia) - Explosives

A 2.36 inch bazooka round was discovered in a remote section of the park on
January 30th.  The round was brought into the park's curatorial storage area
and law enforcement rangers were contacted.  Members of the Fort Belvoir
emergency ordnance disposal (EOD) team arrived in the park the following
day.  They determined that the round was highly unstable and had to be
disposed of immediately.  After the area was secured and cordoned off from
the public, team members dug a hole, placed the round in it, covered the
hole with logs to prevent fragmentation, then detonated the round.  [Ken
Kelley, RAD/NCRO, 2/3]

93-49 - Prince William Forest (Virginia) - Attempted Poaching

On January 23rd, rangers caught another would-be poacher with the park's
life-like deer decoy.  The decoy was set up on park land parallel to state
Route 619.  About a half hour later, a vehicle was spotted making several
passes by it.  On the last pass, the vehicle stopped abreast of the decoy, a
weapon was extended from the driver's side window, and two shots were fired. 
The vehicle was subsequently stopped, and the lone suspect was taken into
custody.  He was charged with numerous violations, then released on his own
recognizance based on a recommendation from the assistant U.S. attorney. 
This is the second decoy-related arrest in the past five weeks.  [Ken
Kelley, RAD/NCRO, 2/3]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Correction - Yesterday's report on EMS incidents in Lassen incorrectly
stated that Shannon Loftis was injured in a snowmobiling accident.  Loftis
was in fact snowboarding.  Lassen is closed to snowmobiling.  

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Martin at meeting of National
Institute for Urban SAR (2/4-2/7); Henry in meeting with aircraft overflight
contractor (2/4-2/7); Halainen at meeting on incident support procedures
(2/4-2/5).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd at I-520/I-620 training course (2/1-2/3);
Gale instructing I-520/I-620 (2/1-2/12); Farrel conducting evaluation of
Dinosaur NM structural fire program (2/3-2/5).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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