RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Thursday, June 10, 1993

Broadcast: By 0830 ET

INCIDENTS

93-343 - Death Valley (California) - Assist; Drug Seizures and Arrests

On May 25th, a Cessna 210 crossed the Mexican border and failed to land at
Calexico, California, for a Customs inspection.  A Customs radar aircraft
picked up the plane on a low level course headed for Death Valley.  The Inyo
County sheriff's office was contacted; they in turn called rangers and asked
them to intercept the aircraft once it landed just west of the park boundary
to meet a load vehicle.  Occupants spotted the Customs aircraft and
attempted to flee, but responding sheriff's units stopped and arrested four
persons and seized the aircraft and two ground vehicles.  The plane was
hauling 1,000 pounds of cocaine with an estimated value of $60 million.  Two
of the four suspects were Mexican nationals and two were from the Los
Angeles area.  [CRO, DEVA, 6/9]

93-344 - Padre Island (Texas) - Drug Seizures

On June 2nd and 3rd, three more kilos of cocaine were recovered from the
beach by park staff.  Each was packaged differently, possibly indicating
three separate shipments.  A total of six kilos have been recovered in the
past two weeks, apparently having been dumped from an airplane or a boat
offshore.  The cocaine has been turned over to Customs for further analysis. 
An investigation into the cocaine's source is underway.  [Dan Wirth, PAIS,
6/9]

93-345 - Big Thicket (Texas) - Drug and Alcohol Sweep

Rangers conducted a special patrol in three problem areas in the South
District on June 4th and 5th.  Over 100 individuals were contacted; two were
arrested and another 17 were cited for violations ranging from minor
possession of controlled substances and alcohol to infractions of closed
area regulations.  A large amount of alcohol, marijuana and drug
paraphernalia was seized.  One man who was taken into custody for an alcohol
violation and was unable to produce identification was subsequently found to
be wanted for a parole violation.  W.F., who sports tatoos with
white supremacist themes and has a lengthy criminal history, including armed
robbery and other weapons-related charges, will be returned to the state
penitentiary, where he will be incarcerated until 1995.  [Kim Coast, BITH,
6/9]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire               6/9     6/10    Status

 AK    State   Tanana Zone       332248            5,248    5,748    NEC
                                 332265              550      350    CND
                                 332266              800      870    NEC

 AK    FWS     Yukon-Delta       Discovery - T2   23,437   23,437    CN 6/9
       BLM     Steese-White 
                Mountains        B262                700    1,030    NEC

 NM    USFS    Gila              Black Range 
                                  Complex - T1     6,500+  11,871    NEC
                                 Brush            14,480   26,000    CN 6/21

 FL    FWS     Okefenokee        Gnat Catcher - T1   500    1,500    NEC

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
  CND - Contained              CN (date) - Expected date of containment

3) PARK FIRE REPORTS - No significant reports today.

4) ANALYSIS - Initial attack activity increased in the South yesterday, but
declined in the Southwest and Alaska.  Demobilization from several fires is
planned for today and tomorrow.  No significant gains occurred on large
fires in Alaska.

5) PROGNOSIS - Widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms are forecast for
Georgia and Florida.  Initial attack may increase in Alaska's interior with
the arrival of warmer temperatures and thundershowers.  Thunderstorms are
expected to decrease in the Southwest.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530, 6/9]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady on AL (6/10-6/11).

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

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Gale at NWCG meeting to review ICS task books
(6/8-6/11); Farrel at wildland/urban interface initiative fire landscaping
meeting (6/8-6/11).

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