RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Wednesday, July 7, 1993

Broadcast: By 0830 ET

INCIDENTS

93-443 - Sequoia/Kings Canyon (California) - Rescue

Park dispatch received a 911 call at 8 a.m. on July 3rd advising that a car
had gone off the road at Amphitheater Point.  Rangers and fire staff
responded and found that a car driven by J.K. had gone over the rock
retaining wall and continued about 20 feet down an extremely steep slope
before coming to rest against a small tree.  J.K. had not been wearing seat
belts and had sustained injuries to her head and face when she hit the
windshield.  The vehicle was stabilized and J.K. was evacuated up the scree
slope to the park ambulance.  She was later transferred to another ambulance
and taken to Kaweah Delta Hospital.  If J.K.'s vehicle had not struck the
tree or had slid sideways, it probably would have traveled another 300 to
400 vertical feet before coming to final rest.  [Peter Allen, SEKI, 7/6]

93-444 - Sequoia/Kings Canyon (California) - Rescue

A visitor contacted ranger Bob Meadows on the evening of July 2nd and
reported that a 15-year-old male had fallen about 75 feet in the Hamilton
Lakes area, struck his head, and suffered an open fracture of the skull. 
Meadows hiked into the area and stabilized the victim.  Meanwhile, a ground
team made arrangements to respond if necessary.  Due to the time of night
and the rugged terrain, helicopter evacuation was not feasible until the
following day, when a helicopter from NAS Lemoore was utilized to transport
the victim to the Valley Medical Center in Fresno.  At last report, the
victim was in critical condition and suffering from meningitis.  [Peter
Allen, SEKI, 7/6]

93-445 - Sequoia/Kings Canyon (California) - Drowning

On the afternoon of July 2nd, rangers received a report that a man had
fallen into the Roaring River and been swept over Roaring River Falls. 
Investigation revealed that D.L.C., 27, and a number of his
friends were rock scrambling and climbing above the falls in a location
which has numerous signs warning people of the hazards of entering the area. 
D.L.C. lost his footing and fell into the river; he was then swept
downstream, over the approximately 60 foot high falls, and into a large pool
below the falls.  This area is considered hazardous even at low water, and
is particularly dangerous this year due to the very high spring runoff.  The
body was seen by rangers several times on Friday, but all attempts to
recover it have so far been unsuccessful.  [Peter Allen, SEKI, 7/6]

93-446 - Lake Mead (Nevada) - Drowning

D.K., 60, of Las Vegas was with a group in the Boulder Beach area
on July 4th when he went swimming in the lake.  D.K., who had been
drinking heavily, began struggling about 150 yards from shore, then
disappeared under the lake's surface.  When efforts to find him proved
fruitless, D.K.'s companions contacted rangers.  Ranger Malcolm Demunbrun
and a Life Flight helicopter responded.  The victim was located about ten
minutes after Demunbrun arrived, but CPR efforts were unsuccessful.  [Andres
Fujiwara, LAME, 7/6]

93-447 - Glen Canyon (Utah/Arizona) - Drowning

On the afternoon of July 3rd, J.S. of Bitter Springs, Arizona, an
employee of ARA Leisure Services, dove into the water at the buoy field at
Wahweap to retrieve his work boat, which was tied to a houseboat that he was
repairing.  J.S., who was wearing his trousers and shoes when he jumped
in the water, swam about 30 yards before becoming fatigued and drowning.  A
search for his body was begun immediately despite winds up to 35 mph and
four foot waves in the area.  J.S.'s body was recovered in 26 feet of
water that evening.  Personnel from the park, Coconino County sheriff's
office, Arizona Game and Fish and ARA Leisure Services participated in the
recovery effort.  [Phil Hibbs, GLCA, 7/6]

93-448 - Yosemite (California) - Drug and Weapons Arrests

On July 2nd, rangers established a checkpoint at the Big Oak Flat entrance
to check vehicle operators for intoxication. and stopped 357 vehicles over a
four-hour period from 7 to 11 p.m.  Three people were arrested - two for
possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and possession of
loaded, concealed handguns.  Eight violation notices were issued for open
containers of alcohol and another seven for possession of less than an ounce
of controlled substance.  Ranger seized two pounds of marijuana, 50 grams of
methamphetamine, four pounds of fireworks, 25 containers of alcohol, two
handguns, five blunt weapons, and nine edged weapons.  [Wawona District
Office, YOSE, 7/6]

93-449 - Independence (Pennsylvania) - Special Event

One of Mid-Atlantic Region's all risk management (ARM) teams was called in
by the park to assist with the planning and coordination of holiday events,
including visits by President Clinton, South African President F.W. deKlerk,
and African National Congress President Dr. Nelson Mandela.  Park Police
officers and personnel from other MAR parks were also brought in to augment
park staff.  The ARM team and park staff worked with many city and federal
agencies, including the Secret Service, State Department, U.S. attorney's
office, and Philadelphia police and fire departments, on coordination of the
weekend's activities.  Events began with a July 3rd press conference and
tour of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell for Dr. Mandela.  On the
morning of July 4th, Superintendent Martha Aikens gave President deKlerk a
tour of Independence Hall.  At 2 p.m., President Clinton participated in a
"tapping" of the Liberty Bell along with two young descendants of signers of
the Declaration of Independence, then walked through the crowd to
Independence Hall.  At about the same time, approximately 500 people
protesting the awarding of the Liberty Medal to President deKlerk began a
demonstration on the Judge Lewis Quadrangle about a block from the hall.  A
permit had been issued in advance for the demonstration, and the gathering
was peaceful.  At 3:30, about 15,000 spectators were present for the
Philadelphia Liberty Medal ceremony in which President deKlerk and Dr.
Mandela received their medals from President Clinton.  The 95 degree heat
became a factor during the ceremony and many visitors had to be removed to
EMS staging areas to be cooled down.  Following the ceremony, a 90-minute-
long parade made its way past Independence Hall; this was in turn followed
by a concert and fireworks elsewhere in the city.  Logistics for the weekend
were complicated by the number of events and the status of the visiting
dignitaries.  Over 5,000 feet of barricades were moved into three different
configurations during the day on July 4th to accommodate the different
events.  [Lee Dickinson, IO, ARM Team, 7/6]

93-450 - San Juan (Puerto Rico) - Special Event

The park hosted the state's Fourth of July festival, which drew about 20,000
people onto park grounds for music and a large fireworks display. 
Coordination with several commonwealth law enforcement and EMS providers
kept the event controlled.  There were four minor medical incidents and no
major law enforcement problems.  [Jonathan Schafler, CR, SAJU, 7/6]

93-451 - Cape Cod (Massachusetts) - Demonstration

A "nude-in" demonstration was held in the Herring Cove beach area on July
4th.  About 15 men and women took off some or all of their bathing suits to
protest and seek and end to the park's ban on nudity.  The protest was
peaceful and lasted for about two hours.  There were two unrelated arrests
by extra personnel assigned to the beach.  A threatened demonstration to
protest the closure of beach areas to ORVs which was to have taken place
during the holiday weekend failed to materialize.  The closures were
instituted as part of a plan to protect the piping plover, a threatened
shore bird.  Almost a mile of the eight and a half miles of beach normally
closed because of nesting plovers was left open this year, and park staff
believe that this probably defused any desire to demonstrate.  [CR, CACO,
7/6]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire               7/6       7/7   Status

 AK    State   Delta Area      * 312489                -       320   NEC

 AZ    BIA     Papago          * Chuchu #10            -       450   CND

 NM    USFS    Santa Fe          Quemado - T2      3,610     4,145   CN 7/8

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 - 

* Everglades - A lightning-caused fire which burned 110 acres in East
  Everglades has been contained.

* Indiana Dunes - The park had four fireworks-caused fires over the weekend
  which burned .1, .2, 2.0 and 6.0 acres.  

* Carlsbad Caverns - The park reports that July conditions are drier than
  anyone can remember them being for the past ten years.

* Grand Canyon - The park still has very high fire danger.  Two engines
  and a hand crew assisted the Kaibab NF on a six acre fire on Monday.

* Sequoia/Kings Canyon - Two monitors are hiking in to the Buck Peak fire
  each day and another two FIREPRO personnel are at the top of the fire,
  which has now burned about 800 acres.  
  
4) ANALYSIS - Initial attack activity in the West was moderate yesterday;
most of what occurred was in either the Southwest or southern California. 
Demobilization of resources - including the release of six Type I crews -
continued in the Southwest.

5) PROGNOSIS - A red flag watch has been issued in southwestern and west
central Utah for strong winds, low humidities and very warm temperatures. 
There will be little change in the rest of the Southwest, which will remain
mostly clear, warm, dry and locally breezy.  Initial attack may increase in
southern Utah due to the red flag conditions.  Moderate activity is
anticipated for the rest of the Southwest, and demobilization is expected to
continue.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530, 7/7]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Cape Cod (Massachusetts) - Piping Plover

Kyle Jones, the park's natural resource specialist, and David Rimmer,
regional ecologist for the Massachusetts-based Trustees of Reservation,
traveled to Nova Scotia between June 14th and 16th to discuss piping plover
management on Nova Scotia beaches and make recommendations for potential
management actions that could benefit the species' recovery in that
province.  The trip was made at the invitation of the Nova Scotia Department
of Natural Resources and Region Five of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 
Ten nesting sites were visited, all with differing management practices and
issues.  Sites ranged from the relatively remote Kejimkujik National Park
Adjunct to numerous easily accessible provincial beaches with one or two
pairs of nesting plovers.  Egg and chick predation appear to be major
factors limiting the productivity of the Nova Scotia population, which is
declining along with populations in several other states and provinces along
the Atlantic Coast.  Recommendations for monitoring and management were
provided to Nova Scotia DNR.  [RMS, CACO] 

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STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Smith on AL (7/6-7/14).

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