RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Thursday, July 1, 1993

Broadcast: By 0830 ET

INCIDENTS

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

Just before 6 p.m. on June 28th, a 33-year-old man was arrested and charged
with the sexual assault which occurred in the area of the park's towpath
south of Arizona Avenue on June 20th.  An arrest warrant had earlier been
issued which was based on information compiled by Park Police criminal
investigators and officers assigned to the case.  The warrant was executed
when the suspect was located around 27th Street and Connecticut Avenue. 
[Lt. John Damadio, USPP, 6/29]

93-425 - Wrangell-St. Elias (Alaska) - Search

A search was begun on June 28th for P.K. in the Skolai Pass and White
River area, an extremely remote section of the park.  P.K., 28, was
reported to be three days overdue from an ambitious solo backpacking and
float trip.  He was dropped off by an air taxi at Glacier Creek and planned
to hike the Chitistone Canyon, climb over Skolai Pass, cross the Russell
Glacier, then float down the White River in a small pack raft.  The total
distance for his route was about 120 miles.  He then intended to float to
the Alcan Highway in the Yukon.  P.K. was last seen about 15 miles into his
trip on June 22nd, and was reported to have had sufficient food for only
five more days.  He also reportedly lost his prescription glasses in a river
crossing.  A hasty aerial search was conducted on the 28th by rangers
Hannah, Hummel and Wells in an NPS aircraft; the search was to be continued
on the 29th by the park aircraft and a FIREPRO helicopter.  Sean McGuinness,
the Nabesna district ranger, is incident commander.  [Jay Wells, CR, WRST,
6/29]

93-426 - Jefferson National Expansion (Missouri) - Flooding

Waters from the still-rising Mississippi River have flooded parts of the
park and led to a number of closures.  Wharf Street (L.K. Sullivan Drive),
which marks the east boundary of the park along the river, has been closed,
and local authorities are in the process of installing a flood wall along
Poplar Street on the park's south boundary in order to protect pumping
stations located there.  These two actions will create a significant problem
for visitors to the Arch who are driving recreation vehicles, who will only
be able to reach the RV lot on Poplar Street with considerable difficulty. 
Tour buses will also have to be rerouted.  The park has already lost about
three feet of turf along the edge of Wharf Street from high water and
expects to lose more before the river crests.  Riverboats moored along the
street are closed.  The park is providing access points for essential
employees to embark in boats out to the riverboats.  [Deryl Stone, CR, JEFF,
6/30]

93-427 - Herbert Hoover (Iowa) - Flooding

On June 29th, Wapsinonoc Creek began to overflow its banks due to heavy
rains.  An alarm system installed last year in response to frequent flooding
along the stream alerted employees to rising waters at 11 p.m. that evening. 
Park employees were able to move all equipment from the maintenance facility
to high ground.  Several structures were inundated by sewage, but the only
areas that had to be closed were the park's picnic area comfort station and
Second Street.  Three parking lots, the Village Green, one picnic area, and
two roads were also flooded.  A considerable amount of debris accumulated in
flooded areas, and a substantial segment of creek bank was lost due to
erosion.  Damage to the area could have been more severe, but the rainstorm
moved out of the area fairly quickly and the creek level began to fall by 3
a.m.  The potential for further damage exists, though, as heavy rain is
predicted through the weekend.  [Ted Deets, Acting Superintendent, HEHO,
6/30]

93-428 - Denali (Alaska) - Rescue

L.T., a 33-year-old climber from the Czech Republic, was evacuated
from the 14,000-foot elevation of Mt. McKinley late on Tuesday, June 29th,
after being rescued by fellow climbers and rangers on Sunday night.  L.T.
suffered acute mountain sickness and possible cerebral edema while at the
mountain's 17,000-foot level and was unable to walk.  Climbers from his and
another group undertook the six-hour process of lowering him to safety; they
were joined during the descent by park staff climbing up from the 14,000-
foot camp.  When it was determined that L.T.'s recovery was not progressing
well, an evacuation was ordered.  He was flown by the park's high-altitude
Lama to Talkeetna, then transferred by private air ambulance to an Anchorage
hospital.  [John Quinley, PAO, ARO, 6/30]

93-429 - Lake Mead (Nevada) - Apparent Drowning

R.L., 35, of Long Beach, California, was swimming with a group
of 13 of his friends at Crappy Cove near Temple Bar on the night of June
26th when he lost his swimming trunks.  He told his friends that he wasn't
coming out of the water until he was given a pair of shorts; his friends,
however, went back inside their houseboat and continued their party, which
involved a great deal of alcohol.  When they noticed his disappearance later
that evening, they searched the area with boat lights without results. 
Rangers were notified of the incident the following morning and found
R.L. in 14 feet of water, apparently a drowning victim.  [Joel Walters,
LAME, 6/28]

93-430 - Independence (Pennsylvania) - Special Event

Vice President Gore conducted two meetings in the park on June 25th.  During
the first, which began at 8 a.m., Gore spoke to about 150 government
employees, including several NPS representatives.  He then moved to Congress
Hall, where he presided over four panel sessions on "reinventing
government."  The vice president remained in Philadelphia overnight, and
went jogging in the park on Saturday morning.  Park law enforcement and
interpretive rangers and maintenance and curatorial staff played a major
role in the success of the event.  Two regional special event teams were
also called in to help provide protection.  The only significant incident
was an unfounded bomb threat at the Liberty Bell Pavilion.  Patrick Bowman
was incident commander.  [CRO, INDE, 6/29]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire              6/30       7/1   Status

 MT    BLM     Miles City      * Hay                   -       300   CN 7/1
                               * Finley                -       120   CN 7/1

 UT    USFS    Dixie             Yankee Meadow - T2   70       120   CN 7/1

 NM    State   -                 Whitmire            400     2,000   CND

 AZ    USFS    Coconino          Trick - T2          300       400   CND
       BIA     Phoenix           Double Trouble    2,400     2,400   CND    

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 park reports today.
  
4) ANALYSIS - Moderate initial attack activity occurred throughout most of
the West yesterday.  The Southwest had moderate initial attack activity;
significant progress was made on large fires.  Several fires in Montana
escaped initial attack.

5) PROGNOSIS - A red flag watch is in effect in Colorado for dry conditions
and warm temperatures.  Increased activity may occur in Colorado because of
existing dry conditions and a forecast of isolated afternoon thunderstorms. 
Initial attack activity is expected to continue in the Southwest due to
continuing hot weather and a chance of afternoon thunderstorms.  California,
Utah and Nevada will have generally sunny skies with temperatures ranging
from the 80s in the mountains to 100 at lower elevations.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530, 7/1]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Great Smoky Mountains (Tennessee/North Carolina) - Red Wolf Reintroduction

One of the two adult female red wolves released into the park this past
winter as part of the park's reintroduction program was found dead on
Sunday, June 27th.  She was part of a family group which had been released
into the Tremont area of the park last December.  This female and another in
Cades Cove whelped seven pups this spring, the first ever to be born in the
park as free-ranging animals.  The female was five years old and had come
from Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.  Red wolf personnel are
providing supplemental feed to support the remaining male and three pups in
an effort to keep the group intact.  Initial examination at the University
of Tennessee's veterinary school indicates that the animal had not been
subjected to traumatic injury.  A necropsy will be conducted by the Fish and
Wildlife Service's forensics lab in Wisconsin.  [Carroll Schell, GRSM, 6/30]

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: Sisto on AL (7/1-7/2).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: All staff at branch planning session (6/287/2).

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