RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Monday, July 19, 1993

Broadcast: By 0830 ET

INCIDENTS

93-477 - Yosemite (California) - Follow-up on Shooting of Ranger

On Saturday, July 17th, searchers determined that there was a very low
probability that ranger Kim Aufhauser's assailant was still in the park. 
The Tioga Road and all facilities at Tuolumne Meadows were accordingly
reopened.  The Park Police special events team was released on Sunday
morning, and Western Region's ranger special events team will be released
today.  The park is now back in normal operation at all locations.  Some
evidence pertaining to Aufhauser's assailant has been found.  FBI agents and
park investigators will be evaluating that evidence and continuing the
investigation. [Mike O'Neal, RLES, RAD/WRO, on location at YOSE, 7/17]

93-491 - Hawaii Volcanoes (Hawaii) - Assist; Marijuana Seizure

Following receipt of a report that marijuana had been observed on the power
line that crosses the Mauna Loa Strip section of the park, rangers, park
criminal investigators and a Hawaii County officer conducted an aerial
search of the area on July 13th and spotted a very large marijuana plot
about 100 yards outside the park's boundary on the Kapapala Ranch.  There
were numerous growing areas in an a'a' lava field, all connected by a
sophisticated irrigation system powered by a gasoline pump.  Adjacent to the
plantation was a camp covered by camouflage netting.  After consulting state
and county officials, a decision was made to eradicate the plants because it
would not be feasible to stake out the area.  Over 1,000 fully-developed,
five- to six-foot tall plants with mature buds over a foot long were pulled. 
No male plants were present in the plantation.  A gasoline pump, reels of
hose, frog ponds, tents and other materials associated with the cultivation
process were seized.  A .44 magnum revolver was also recovered. 
Investigation indicates that the growing operation was staged out of the
park's Mauna Loa Strip road and that the growers had tapped into one of the
ranch's water systems.  The plantation appeared to be in its third year of
existence.  Due to the quality of plants, their value has been placed at $2
million.  As part of this operation, another plantation at Royal Gardens was
hit and another 500 plants were recovered.  These had an estimated value of
$500,000.  [Jim Martin, CR, HAVO, 7/14]

93-492 - Indiana Dunes (Indiana) - Demonstration

A group of approximately 40 members of the Chicago Sun Club, a nudist group,
visited the park on July 10th.  Members of the group were contacted by
rangers and advised that they were in violation of 36 CFR and the state's
public indecency law.  They became argumentative, and one member, Stephen
Waldron of Bloomington, Illinois, refused to put his clothing on until he
was issued a violation notice.  He was cited for disorderly conduct/obscene
display.  A court challenge is expected, as this is the first time a
citation has been issued for this type of violation.  The outcome will serve
as a guide for future such incidents.  Public nudity has become more common
at park beaches in recent years, and the park is attempting to develop an
action plan to deal with such activities.  [Joni Jones, INDU, 7/12]

93-493 - Mammoth Cave (Kentucky) - Car Clout

On July 13th, a vehicle was broken into while it was parked in the Green
River Ferry parking lot.  The only items taken were a pair of diamond
earrings valued at $500 and a purse which contained $500 in cash. 
Investigation by ranger Henry Holman revealed that the thief had inserted a
wire through the weather stripping around a window to enter the vehicle. 
The purse was later recovered along the East Entrance Road; except for the
money and earrings, nothing had been taken from it.  Police in nearby Cave
City also reported several incidents of car clouting during this time
period.  [CR, MACA, 7/16]

93-494 - Mammoth Cave (Kentucky) - Marijuana Eradication

On July 7th, rangers eradicated two marijuana plots which had been found
during parkwide marijuana eradication patrols.  The plots, which were in an
area that had previously been used for marijuana cultivation, contained a
total of 15 plants.  Significant resource damage was sustained through the
preparation, fertilization and maintenance of the plots.  Total estimated
value of the plants was placed at $11,400.  [CR, MACA, 7/16]

93-495 - Organ Pipe Cactus (Arizona) - Theft of Natural Resources

Resource managers spotted several vehicles loaded with a large quantity of
dead ironwood (Oleyna tesota) parked on the Mexican side of the border on
July 9th.  A juvenile who was carrying an armload of wood from the park to
the vehicles was detained.  Investigating rangers determined that seven
Mexican nationals had entered the United States illegally, collected 1500
pounds of ironwood in the park, then loaded it into their vehicles in
Mexico.  Officials from the office of Mexico's Secretary of Agriculture and
Hydraulic Resources (SAHR) were notified and responded promptly.  They
forced the suspects to return the wood to the park, detained them, and
confiscated their vehicles.  The juvenile caught within the park was turned
over to the Border Patrol.  Over the last few years, international
cooperation efforts with SAHR and other Mexican federal and state agencies
have resulted in an increase in the investigation of criminal and natural
resources cases along the border by park rangers.  [Aniceto Olais, CR, ORPI,
7/14]

93-496 - Fort McHenry (Maryland) - Special Event

Rangers at Fort McHenry worked with various law enforcement agencies to
provide support for vice president Gore and his family during a stop at the
park prior to their attendance at the All-Star Game on the night of July
13th.  [John Burns, CR, FOMC, 7/16]

93-497 - Martin Luther King (Georgia) - Special Event

On Sunday, July 11th, Nelson Mandela, president of the African National
Congress, visited the park along with the King family, Congressman John
Lewis, and former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young.  The agenda included meetings
with King Center officials and a wreath laying ceremony at Dr. King's grave
site.  Security was provided by rangers, Atlanta police, Fulton County
deputies, State Department officers, and King Center security staff.  There
were no incidents.  [Johnny Sims, CR, MALU, 7/16]

93-498 - San Juan (Puerto Rico) - Attempted Suicide; Rescue

On July 13th, during a day of heavy visitation at Fort El Morro, a visitor
advised park staff that a young man had climbed on top  of the sixth level
wall and that he looked distressed.  Rangers Mojica and Candelario found 19-
year-old A.R.C. hanging from a ledge, threatening to let go
and fall to his death.  After several minutes of conversation, the rangers
and two visitors formed a human chain, grabbed A.R.C., and pulled him to
safety.  A.R.C. had been depressed over his inability to secure a job. 
[Jonathan Schafler, CR, SAJU, 7/10]

FIRE ACTIVITY

The fire report was not available by morning report release time today.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

El Malpais (New Mexico) - Geochronologic Research

Geologists have pioneered new dating techniques in their continuing efforts
to develop a geochronology of the lava flows within the park and surrounding
area.  A guide book which will be published in the next few months will
report new dates for the McCartys Flow, the youngest in the park.  The flow
was thought to be between 800 and 1,000 years old, but researchers now
believe it is about 3,000 years old.  One complex of flows emanating from
five vents which were thought to be of the same age have now been determined
to have occurred at three different times.  Nine lava flows in the park
range in age from 3,000 to 2.6 million years old.  [Ken Mabery, CR, ELMA]

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Halainen at uniform contract
meeting (7/20-7/21); Dickerhoof on AL (7/19-7/22).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Farrel at NPS-58 revision meeting (7/19-7/23);
Botti and Berg on FIREPRO audit of SWR (7/19-7/23); Gale on AL (7/22-7/23).

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