RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Friday, May 14, 1993

Broadcast: By 0830 ET

INCIDENTS

93-232 - Appalachian Trail (Eastern States) - Follow-up on Search

Investigators have learned that E.I. ("U.J.") fled the
Appalachian Trail once he learned that he was being sought there.  He went
by bus directly to the North Country Trail in the Allegheny National Forest
and began hiking west.  E.I. had a North Country Trail brochure in his
possession when arrested; a contingent from the Rainbow Family gathered in
the Allegheny last summer, so he may have been there before.  E.I. was
arrested by Pennsylvania state troopers after a citizen reported giving him
and his victim a ride to the trail.  They apparently hiked the trail through
the forest, and were arrested as they hiked along a road south of Cook State
Forest.  [Bill Sanders, CR, APPA, 5/13]

93-256 - Lake Mead (Nevada) - Boating Accident

C.F., wife of Zion superintendent D.F., was seriously injured
in a boating accident near Temple Bar on the afternoon of May 11th.  When
one of the two houseboats being used for a federal managers meeting
experienced engine problems, C.F., D.F., and D.M., a resource
volunteer, went on 'waverunners' to make contact with the troubled boat. 
Upon returning, D.F. and C.F. boarded the lead houseboat from the rear. 
When C.F. attempted to mount the swim platform, her leg was sucked into the
propeller.  D.F. received minor lacerations while pulling her free.  C.F.
was given emergency treatment at the Temple Bar fuel docks, then evacuated
by Flight for Life helicopter to University Medical Center in Las Vegas,
where she underwent surgery.  D.F. was treated and released.  C.F.'s most
serious injury was to her left knee; both bones in her left leg were broken
and muscles and tissue were damaged.  The surgeon reconnected ligaments to
the knee and repaired the bone.  C.F. was to undergo further surgery
yesterday to flush the area against possible infection and close the wound. 
She was also treated for cuts in the left thigh, the lower left leg, the
right foot, and the lower right calf.  Her prognosis is good at this time -
at best, her range of motion may be limited; at worst, she may require a
knee replacement.  She may be able to go home this weekend.  [Karen Whitney,
LAME, 5/13]

93-257 - Joshua Tree (California) - Drug Conviction

On December 13, 1992, R.L. was arrested after he sold marijuana to
an undercover ranger.  A search of his vehicle led to the discovery of a
large quantity of marijuana and paraphernalia.  He was charged with selling
marijuana and felony possession of marijuana.  On May 12th, R.L. appeared
before Morongo Basin municipal court in Joshua Tree for sentencing.  As part
of a plea bargain, he pled guilty to the charge of selling marijuana and was
sentenced to 90 days in the county jail followed by three years' probation. 
[CRO, JOTR, 5/13]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level I

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire              5/13     5/14    Status

 CA    USFS    Cleveland         Ramona Complex:
                                 - Eagle           4,600    4,600    CND    
                                 - Boden           1,300    1,300    CND

 OR    USFS    Deschutes         Surveyor's 
                                  Lava - T2          763      763    CND    

 WA    USFS    Wenatchee         High Spud/Shamel
                                  Complex - T2       100      110    CN 5/14

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

3) PARK FIRE REPORTS - No reports today.

4) FIRE ACTIVITY - 63 fires for 1,030 acres in the past 24 hours.

5) ANALYSIS - Fire activity is decreasing in California, Oregon and
Washington, but initial attack activity persists in the Southwest and South. 
Several areas in the East are reporting high to extreme conditions.
   
6) PROGNOSIS - Initial attack is expected to continue due to warm, dry and
windy weather conditions.  No resource shortages are expected.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530, 5/14]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

NOTES

1) The "Ranger Futures" concept paper has been completed and is being mailed
today to regional directors, regional division chiefs and park
superintendents.  Comments on the paper are due by mid-July.  We ask that
the paper be reproduced and disseminated as widely as possible.  We will
also make copies available via cc:Mail late next week.  If you'd like a copy
via cc:Mail, please send a short message to that effect to WASO Ranger
Activities.  [Jim Brady, Chief, Ranger Activities]

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: Broyles at overhead development review (5/10-
5/14).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities