RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Thursday, March 11, 1993

Broadcast: By 0800 EST

INCIDENTS

93-105 - C&O Canal (Maryland/D.C.) - Follow-up on Flooding

Numerous sections of the park remain closed as a result of the flooding
which occurred over the past weekend.  Based on the damage assessments
completed by park maintenance and ranger staff, the park estimates that
damage and cleanup costs will be in the vicinity of $400,000.  This sum
includes the cost to restore the tow path, remove mud and trees, and pay
overtime recorded during the incident.  [Kevin FitzGerald, ACR, CHOH, 3/10]

93-109 - Wrangell-St. Elias (Alaska) - Commercial Use Conviction

On February 22nd, Alaska Wilderness Outfitting Company (AWOC) was convicted
on charges of operating commercially without a business license in the park. 
A total of six witnesses from Georgia to Hawaii testified telephonically in
the case.  AWOC and its president, P.M., have four prior convictions
for various commercial operation related violations in Forest Service and
BLM areas.  The company was fined $3,000 and placed on two years' probation
last February for the most recent of those violations, which occurred on BLM
land.  AWOC is a company that promotes fly-in guided fishing trips
throughout Alaska, and is suspected of virtually eliminating one steelhead
trout run within park waters through the large number of clients flown there
each season.  Sentencing will follow the completion of a pre-sentencing
report and is scheduled for April 5th.  [Jim Hannah, Acting CR, WRST, 3/9]

93-110 - Big South Fork (Tennessee) - Rescue

On March 7th, rangers received a report of a person hanging upside down by
one leg on a rock wall approximately 350 feet from the cliff bottom.  When
they arrived at the scene, they found that the victim, E.T., had been
rescued by a companion.  At the time of the incident, E.T. was ascending the
400-foot wall alone.  About 50 feet from the top, he stopped to adjust his
equipment.  E.T. was using a Gibbs ascending system with a jumar system for
backup; when he unhooked from his clutch roller and leaned back, his seat
harness came loose from the jumar and caused him to fall backward and upside
down.  The only thing holding him from falling was his right foot, which had
become intertwined with his ascending ladder.  E.T. hung in this position
for nearly 20 minutes while his partner ascended on the same rope and
managed to secure him and get him to the top of the cliff.  E.T. suffered a
dislocated hip and ankle injuries.  [John Cannon, CR, BISO, 3/10]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.
Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Dickerhoof at Park Police command
conference (3/8-3/12); Halainen at all-risk management training (3/8-3/11)
and uniform boot work group meeting (3/12).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Berg at WIMS training course (3/8-3/10); Cook
at hotshot crew workshop (3/8-3/12); Gale instructing at all-risk management
training course (3/8-3/12); Broyles at uniform boot work group meeting
(3/11-3/12).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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