RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Wednesday, June 30, 1993

Broadcast: By 0830 ET

INCIDENTS

93-404 - Lake Meredith (Texas) - Follow-up on Drownings

The body of D.N. was found yesterday in Rhinehart Canyon
approximately 150 yards from the point where his two-year-old son drowned on
June 23rd.  The early model boat D.N. was operating capsized that day and
threw him, his son, and R.J. into the lake.  R.J. was rescued by
rangers at 8 p.m. that evening.  [Patrick McCrary, LAMR, 6/29]

93-421 - Yellowstone (Wyoming) - MVA with Fatality and Multiple Injuries

Just after noon on June 29th, a pickup truck being driven by S.H.,
38, an employee at Old Faithful Lodge, crossed the center line at the
intersection just north of Old Faithful and collided with a tour van
containing 14 people.  S.H. was killed; all 14 people in the van were
injured.  Four ambulances and two medevac helicopters responded and
transported the victims to three medical facilities - one to a regional
center in Idaho, seven to Lake Hospital, and six to the clinic at Old
Faithful.  At the time of the report, it appeared that none of the injuries
was life-threatening.  [Terry Danforth, YELL, and Erny Kuncl, RMRO, 6/29]

93-422 - Effigy Mounds (Iowa) - Flooding

The north-south road which serves the park was closed yesterday afternoon to
all but local traffic due to flooding of the Mississippi River.  Although
the park remains open, this action effectively stops all traffic to the
area.  The park may close if the river gets much higher.  Local authorities
have asked the park for assistance in sandbagging and diking and in
provision of traffic control.  That assistance has been provided.  [Thomas
Munson, Superintendent, EFMO, 6/29]

93-423 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Rescue

Late on the morning of June 26th, visitors reported hearing cries for help
near the South Kaibab trailhead.  Ranger David Trevino responded and found
50-year-old M.C. of Costa Mesa, California, calling for help from
a point about 50 vertical feet below the canyon rim.  Rangers Trevino, David
Brennan and Bill Reynolds descended to M.C. and found her suffering from
severe dehydration after spending six days at this location with no food or
water.  M.C. told rangers that she'd been chosen to go to this spot and
deliver a religious message as part of her on-going 15-year-long crusade. 
The rangers provided advanced life support, evacuated her by a technical
litter raising, and transported her to Grand Canyon Medical Clinic for
treatment.  She was to undergo psychiatric evaluation after her release from
the clinic.  Ranger Kent Keller was incident commander; 16 others
participated in the rescue.  [David Brennan, GRCA, 6/29]

93-424 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Pursuit; Felony Arrest

Ranger Brian Furbush attempted to stop a vehicle traveling 65 mph in a
posted 45 mph zone on East Rim Drive at 9:50 pm on June 26th.  The vehicle
continued on for five miles, pulled into a gas station, then headed east on
the drive at a high rate of speed.  Rangers Joan Blais, Chris Fors and John
Piastuck responded to assist Furbush.  During the pursuit, the vehicle
stopped once, backed up, then resumed its eastbound course; it accelerated
to speeds as high as 85 mph, used both lanes and flashed its high beams in
an attempt to get traffic out of the way.  Many other vehicles were forced
off the roadway.  The pursuit covered about 40 miles before a felony car
stop was made in Cameron, Arizona.  Navajo and Arizona DPS officers assisted
along with a DPS helicopter.  DPS officers had planned to deploy road spikes
on U.S. Highway 89 to terminate the pursuit if the driver hadn't stopped
when he did.  The driver turned out to be a British national; motives for
his attempt to flee are not completely known.  He was booked into the county
jail in Flagstaff on felony charges of unlawful flight and misdemeanor
charges of reckless driving and excessive speed.  Prosecution is being
handled by the U.S. attorney.  [Dispatch, GRCA, 6/29]

               [More pending incident reports tomorrow...]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire              6/29      6/30   Status

 CA    USFS    Plumas            Antelope            100        80   CND

 UT    USFS    Dixie           * Yankee Meadow - T2    -        70   CN 7/1

 NM    State   -               * Wiemire               -       400   NEC

 AZ    USFS    Coconino        * Trick - T2            -       300   NEC
       BIA     Phoenix         * Double Trouble        -     2,400   CN 6/30

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 - 

* Zion - The park reported extreme fire conditions on Monday.  Although 
  the situation improved yesterday, high winds are forecast again for
  later in the week.  Five employees have been dispatched to the Yankee
  Meadow fire.

* Great Smokies - Mop-up is continuing on the fire on Roundtop Mountain.
  
4) ANALYSIS - Initial attack is continuing in the Southwest, with several
fires escaping initial attack.  Demobilization of resources was curtailed
and some have been reassigned.  Initial attack increased in southwest
Colorado; smokejumpers were mobilized within the Rocky Mountain area. 
Initial attack was also reported in southern California.

5) PROGNOSIS - A red flag watch continues in southeast Arizona for dry
thunderstorms.  Weather in the Southwest will continue to be hot and dry
with widely scattered thunderstorms in eastern Arizona and southeastern New
Mexico.  Initial attack is expected to continue there, and will likely
continue in southwestern Colorado due to a forecast of widely scattered
mountain thunderstorms.  The weather in southern California will remain
unchanged; temperatures will be cool along the coast, but will reach 115
degrees in the inland deserts.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530, 6/30]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Theodore Roosevelt (North Dakota) - Elk Management

Staff from all divisions conducted a roundup to reduce the park's elk
population on January 11th and 12th.  Two contract helicopters were employed
to capture 278 elk from a herd estimated at about 400 head.  The elk were
processed in the park's new wildlife handling facility.  Live elk were
shipped to three tribes, two zoos, Sully's Hill National Game Preserve, and
the Missouri state park system.  The herd was eventually reduced by 218
animals, with the balance returned to the park.  Elk being shipped to South
Dakota were quarantined for 90 days between two separate tuberculosis tests. 
Veterinarians from several agencies, including Sharon Taylor from WASO,
assisted during disease testing and necropsies.  North Dakota would not
allow shipment of low level "responders" to the compliment fixation
brucellosis test.  Other types of brucellosis tests on the same suspect elk
were completely negative, though, so the park cooperated with the state to
gain additional information on the herd by slaughtering five responders to
analyze tissues for general diseases, including brucellosis.  All tissues
sampled were sent to the National Brucellosis Lab in Ames, Iowa, and tested
negative in February.  At the conclusion of the quarantine period on June
7th and 8th, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and University of Wyoming
assisted staff in necropsies of 17 more elk.  Results are pending.  The
testing procedures caused delays and added expense throughout the process. 
As game ranching increases, so do state requirements concerning the
transportation and importation of "captive" wildlife, and, in this
situation, "surplus" wildlife.  [Roger Andrascik, RMS, THRO]

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady at Branch of Fire and Aviation Management's annual
planning session (6/28-7/2).

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

Branch of Fire and Aviation: All staff at branch planning session (6/28-
7/2).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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