RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Tuesday, June 22, 1993

Broadcast: By 0830 ET

INCIDENTS

93-379 - Sequoia/Kings Canyon (California) - Follow-up on Search 

Rangers and other personnel from the park have now been searching for E.B.
for four days along with personnel from Yosemite, members of the
Tulare County sheriff's department SAR team, CARDA dog teams, volunteer fire
firemen from Camp Nelson and others.  Clues found now indicate that E.B.
built a campfire on the night of June 16th about two miles southwest of the
campground, then headed downhill into the Yucca Creek drainage.  Search
efforts yesterday were to concentrate on this rugged area and its turbulent,
cold and swift stream and on adjacent drainages.  [Pete Allen, SEKI, 6/20]

93-381 - Denali (Alaska) - Commercial Use Violations

On June 7th, R.S. of Salzburg, Austria, contacted ranger Daryl
Miller at the 14,000-foot camp and told him that his "client", E.E.,
was very ill with high-altitude pulmonary edema.  Ranger Jim Phillips
responded in the park's high-altitude Llama helicopter and evacuated E.E.
to a hospital in Anchorage.  Based on the one word tip from R.S.,
rangers telephoned and interviewed several key witnesses in Austria, then
interviewed E.E. through an interpreter at the hospital.  R.S. was then
cited into court, where he pled guilty to conducting an illegal business
operation on Mt. McKinley.  U.S. magistrate John Roberts fined R.S. $500
and required him to pay $5,600 in restitution for the cost of the rescue. 
The money will be placed in the Denali SAR donation account.  E.E. was
released from the hospital on June 13th.  [Ken Kehrer, CR, DENA, 6/18]

93-382 - Lake Mead (Nevada/Arizona) - Poaching Conviction

Two Nevada hunters recently pled no contest to state charges of unlawfully
taking an adult ram in the Willow Beach area on the Arizona side of the
Colorado River last December.  Rangers assisted Nevada, Arizona and U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service agents in the investigation, which revealed that
the two had been hunting legally in Nevada, then crossed into Arizona by
boat during the final days of the Nevada sheep season.  Arizona hunters who
were legally stalking a sheep saw it shot and became suspicious when the
hunters gutted the animal quickly, then left the area without tagging the
carcass.  The site of the kill was later found by investigators and it was
determined that the illegal hunters had gone to the extent of moving the gut
pile to the Nevada side of the river.  Descriptions of the pair provided by
witnesses matched descriptions of two hunters who had checked a sheep in at
a Nevada wildlife department office on the same day.  Conviction on the
criminal charges resulted in maximum fines against both men, one of whom had
previously been a licensed guide in Nevada.  Civil proceedings now in
progress may result in a five-year revocation of hunting rights for both
individuals and $10,000 in monetary restitution for the value of the 9 1/2-
year-old, 167-point ram.  [Susan Warner, LAME, 6/18]

93-383 - Golden Gate (California) - Search; Presumed Drowning

Late on the afternoon of June 12th, a ranger spotted a wrecked 18-foot
speedboat washed ashore on Ocean Beach.  Two men wearing who were wearing
life jackets survived uninjured; a third, who was seen struggling towards
shore by the two survivors, disappeared in the waves before he could make it
to land.  Ocean District rangers coordinated and conducted an extensive
search that eventually covered eight miles of coastline and employed four-
by-four vehicles, ranger rescue swimmers, a Coast Guard helicopter and
patrol vessel, and San Francisco firefighters.  The search was continued
until nightfall and resumed the next day.  No trace of the victim has been
found.  [Jay Eickenhorst, GOGA, 6/18]

93-384 - Golden Gate (California) - Fatality: Drug Overdose

On the afternoon of June 12th, a park ranger discovered the body of a 35-
year-old man lying in heavy brush adjacent to the Fort Funston hang glider
viewing deck.  The cause of death was later determined to have been a drug
overdose.  The man's father, who was in the area at the time, and the three
teenage girls who initially reported the body all required support and
assistance from the ranger staff.  [Jay Eickenhorst, GOGA, 6/18]

93-385 - New River Gorge (West Virginia) - Rescue

A.T., 27, of Charleston, West Virginia, suffered a fractured knee
while swimming in the New River near Fayette Station around 10:30 p.m. on
June 10th.  A.T. was swimming alone in the river just above Fayette
Station Rapid (a Class IV rapid) and was swept downstream by the current. 
He was able to make it to shore just before being swept through the rapid. 
As he was exiting the river, he struck his leg on rocks near the shoreline
and severely fractured his knee.  A.T. then climbed on an exposed rock
near the shoreline and began shouting for help.  A party camping on the
opposite side of the river heard him and went to his aid.  After finding
him, they called for assistance.  Rangers and local rescue squads responded,
provided EMS and stabilized his injuries.  Rangers conducted a technical
rescue up the steep bank to the railroad tracks and used a homemade rail
cart to transport him to an ambulance.  CSX Railroad helped out by holding
all traffic on the tracks until the rescue was completed.  A.T. was taken
to a local hospital, where he received treatment.  It was later determined
that A.T. had earlier been jumping from the 75-foot-high Fayette Station
Bridge, and he admitted that he'd been drinking at the time of the incident. 
[Rick Brown, DR, NERI, 6/20]

93-386 - New River Gorge (West Virginia) - Assault

On June 19th, several members of a group of twelve people camping in
Brooklyn Bottom, including five Marines, passed through an adjacent camp
occupied by two couples over the period of about an hour while en route to
the New River to fish.  One of them entered the camp just to talk and be
social.  During the conversation, J.R., 39, of Piney View, West
Virginia, told the person to leave and that he wanted the entire group to
pack up and leave the area.  J.R. became increasingly belligerent; there
were some verbal confrontations with other members of the twelve-person
party, during which J.R. made threats and ordered them out of the area. 
J.R. then took up a shotgun, brandished it, made more threats, and fired
it in the general direction of all twelve members of the party.  Although no
one was hit by the blast and there were no other injuries during the
confrontation, the group immediately packed up and left the area.  After
receiving a report of the incident, rangers responded and investigated. 
J.R. was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a firearm,
and possession and use of a firearm.  The incident is still under
investigation.  [Rick Brown, DR, NERI, 6/20]

93-387 - Olympic (Washington) - Search; Falling Fatality

On June 18th, P.H., approximately 34 years old, and two climbing
partners ascended Mt. Olympus in the morning, then headed back down the
mountain late in the afternoon.  The three had climbed one route, but
decided to glissade down a different route - one which had not been
thoroughly scouted.  Around 4:30 p.m., P.H. fell into a crevasse.  His
climbing partners attempted to make visual and voice contact, but were
unable to do so.  The two went to the Snow Dome research facility on the
Upper Blue Glacier and contacted the one researcher at the site at 7 p.m. 
The trio then made their way back to the site and again tried to contact
P.H..  Due to the exhausted condition of the two climbers and lack of all
necessary equipment, the researcher determined that it would be unsafe to
enter the crevasse and attempt a rescue, so all three returned to Snow Dome. 
The researcher hiked out the following morning to notify the park and
arrived at the Hoh ranger station around 6 p.m.  A MAST helicopter from Ft.
Lewis flew to the scene in an effort to insert a hasty team.  Because of the
onset of darkness, the depth of the crevasse, and the lack of any signs of
life, however, a decision was made to instead assemble a recovery team and
insert them on the morning of the 20th.  A team consisting of Olympic
Mountain Rescue and NPS personnel found P.H.'s body around noon.  He had
fallen about 30 feet and suffered major head injuries which apparently
caused his death.  The body recovery was completed and all team members were
released from the search around 3 p.m.  [Larry Nickey, OLYM, 6/21]

93-388 - Olympic (Washington) - Search

During the morning of June 20th, the park received a report of an overdue
hiker on Hurricane Ridge.  J.H., 30, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
was reported to be six days overdue from a camping trip in the Olympics, but
no further information was available on his itinerary.  His rental vehicle
was found in the Hurricane Ridge parking lot; in it were his backpack,
sleeping bag and ground pad.  Five hasty teams and a helicopter were
dispatched to the area.  No further clues were found that afternoon, and a
major mobilization, including 35 searchers and two search dogs, was to begin
yesterday morning.  [Larry Nickey, OLYM, 6/21]

93-389 - Olympic (Washington) - Search

The park received a report of an overdue hiker in the Quinault Subdistrict
on June 20th.  B.R., 40, from Portal, Arizona, was reported nearly
24 hours overdue from a solo day hike up to Sixteen Mile shelter.  Hikers
reported seeing her along the trail earlier in the day, and later noticed
tracks headed into the Kitma Peak area.  B.R. is described as an experienced
hiker, but only had a day pack with minimal gear and lacked both map and
compass.  Seven searchers were deployed on hasty teams to search trail areas
that day, and a helicopter, three dog teams and a total of six hasty teams
were to be committed yesterday morning.  [Larry Nickey, OLYM, 6/21]

93-390 - C&O Canal (Maryland/D.C.) - Sexual Assault

Shortly after 6 a.m. on June 20th, a 46-year-old woman from Germantown,
Maryland, parked her car near Chain Bridge and went walking on the canal
towpath toward Georgetown.  When she was just south of Arizona Avenue, she
was confronted by a 25- to 35-year-old male who blocked her path and forced
her into the woods along the canal.  The man then threatened to kill her and
sexually assaulted her.  The suspect was last seen leaving the area along
the canal towards Chain Bridge.  Park Police units searched the area by
foot, car and helicopter, but were unable to find the man.  The victim was
taken to Georgetown Hospital, where she was treated and released.  The case
is being investigated by the criminal investigations branch.  [Lt. John
Harasek, USPP, 6/20]

93-391 - New River Gorge (West Virginia) - Assist; Homicide

On June 19th, local FBI agents requested the assistance of rangers in an on-
going homicide investigation.  Recent information from Gadsden County,
Florida, led agents to believe that the body of J.T.M., 32, of
Apollo, Pennsylvania, was inside the park.  Late on the morning of June
19th, a combined team of FBI agents and Fayette and Raleigh County
investigators found J.T.M.'s body adjacent to the park's boundary in the
Garden Ground area of the Grandview Subdistrict.  Two local residents -
S.P., 31, of Eccles, and K.A.A., 37, of Oak Hill - were
arrested in Jacksonville, Florida.  K.A.A. confessed to the crime and
provided directions to the body.  J.T.M.'s body was deposited in the area on
June 12th, the same night that rangers recovered two stolen vehicles and
arrested two individuals at the same location.  Probability is high that
rangers were in the area recovering the stolen vehicles during the time that
the couple drove into the area to dispose of J.T.M.'s body.  [Duncan Hollar,
Acting CR, NERI, 6/20]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire              6/21     6/22    Status

 NV    NPS     Lake Mead         Christmas           200       200   NEC

 UT    BLM     Cedar City      * Mill Creek            -       800   CN 6/23

 AZ    USFS    Coronado          Graham
                                  Complex - T1       525       600   CN 6/24
       BLM     Arizona Strip   * Cedar Wash - T2       -     2,000   NEC

 NM    BLM     Las Cruces        Park              1,250     1,250   CN 6/24

 FL    FWS     Okefenokee        Gnat Catcher - T1 5,711     5,711   CN 6/26

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 - 

* Mesa Verde - The park reports one smoke from an extended lightning storm
  on Monday.  No further details.

* Cumberland Island - Fire danger is extreme; one squad has been assigned
  to presuppression duty, and another will be tailed to the park if
  conditions don't improve by the end of the week.

* El Malpais - The park had a major lightning storm Sunday night and was in
  the process of patrolling for smokes at the time of the report yesterday.

* Grand Canyon - The park is in preparedness level 4 and reports high fire
  danger.  Lightning on Sunday started two small fires, both of which were
  controlled.

* Sequoia/Kings Canyon - A helicopter was to recon the Copper Creek fire
  yesterday morning to determine if it was in the prescribed natural fire
  zone.  

4) ANALYSIS - Moderate initial attack activity occurred yesterday in
southern California and the Southwest.  Suppression efforts were more
effective on the Graham Complex, but heavy fuel loading and steep terrain
continue to impede containment.  Resource movement to the Southwest was
limited.

5) PROGNOSIS - Southern California will be mostly sunny, with stronger winds
in the mountains.  Moderate initial attack activity is expected.  Isolated
afternoon thunderstorms are forecast for eastern Arizona and the western and
central mountains of New Mexico.  Moderate initial attack activity is
expected in the Southwest.  Predicted weather should permit progress to
continue on the Graham Complex.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530, 6/22]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

UPCOMING IN CONGRESS

The following activities will be taking place in Congress during coming
weeks on matters pertaining to the National Park Service.  If you would like
further information on any of these hearings or bills, please contact Dottie
in WASO Legislation at 202-208-3636.

6/22

House Natural Resources' Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and
Public Lands [Vento]: Hearing on H.R. 1441, to authorize the Secretary
to enter into a cooperative agreement with the William O. Douglas
Outdoor Class room; H.R. 1584, to provide for the further conservation
of certain unique and nationally significant river segments in the
state of West Virginia; H.R. 1739, to provide for a feasibility study
of including Revere Beach in the NPS; H.R. 1892, to amend the National
Trails System Act to designate the Great Western Trail for potential
addition to the National Trails System; and H.R. 1861, to extend
indefinitely the authority of the Secretary to collect a commercial
operation fee at Delaware Water Gap. Witness: Associate Director for
Planning Denis Galvin. x

House Post Office and Civil Service's Subcommittee on Civil Service
[McCloskey]: Hearing on OPM report on rights and benefits of temporary
employees in the Federal government. x

6/24

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands,
National Parks and Forests [Bumpers]: Hearing on S.208, to reform the
concessions policies of the National Park Service. x

6/29

Senate Governmental Affairs Committee [Glenn]: RESCHEDULED: Hearing on
the failure of the federal government to provide adequate budgeting
for its own environmental programs, focusing on the Department of
Interior.  Witness: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management
and Budget Michael Heyman. x

7/1

Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs [Inouye]: RESCHEDULED from
6/24: Hearing on American Indian Religious Freedom Act.  Witness:
Associate Director for Cultural Resources Jerry Rogers. x

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Halainen at House hearing (6/22);
Smith on AL (6/21-6/22).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd on fire reviews at Yellowstone and Glacier
(6/21-6/27); Erskine at fire review at Yellowstone (6/23-6/25); Cook at
extreme fire behavior workshop (6/20-6/25); Swain at administrative workshop
(6/14-6/25); Gale and Broyles at incident management training exercise
development meeting (6/21-6/26).

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