RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Wednesday, September 8, 1993

Broadcast: By 0900 EDT

INCIDENTS

93-581 - Big Thicket (Texas) - Follow-up on Employee Illness

Mike Livingston, 46, the park's chief ranger, passed away early yesterday
morning.  The cause of death was a lung infection.  Mike had been
hospitalized since August 7th following a full cardiac arrest at his home. 
He will be buried in Pennsylvania.  Messages for the Livingston family can
be sent to Big Thicket National Preserve, 3785 Milam Street, Beaumont, TX
77701.  [Ronald Switzer, Superintendent, BITH, 9/8]

93-667 - Glacier (Montana) - Car Clouts

Sometime between midnight and 6 a.m. on September 5th, car clouters struck
Fish Creek campground and stole cash, compact disks, and one portable
tape/CD player with a total value of $1,600.  The method of entry fits the
profile of other, similar incidents that have occurred in Rocky Mountain and
Western Regions over the past few years.  For the most part, the thieves
selected vehicles owned by tent campers, and a tool was used to roll down
windows to gain access.  One car window was broken; a small amount of blood
was collected from it which may be from one of the clouters.  [Gary Moses,
GLAC, 9/7]

93-668 - Glen Canyon (Arizona/Utah) - Boat Accident

A 16-foot Bayliner with four occupants was involved in a serious accident in
an unnamed cove adjacent to Lone Rock beach at 9:30 p.m. on the evening of
September 3rd.  The boat, which was being operated by A.M., 21,
was traveling at 30 mph when it struck a sandstone rock, became airborne,
rotated 180 degrees to starboard, and landed upside down on a sandstone
ledge 56 feet from the water's edge.  A.M., C.M., 22,
and B.B., 40, were all thrown clear; R.B., 42, was
pinned underneath the boat but was eventually able to crawl out.  Campers
across the bay on Lone Rock beach heard the collision and the occupants
screaming for help.  Four park medics, three rangers, a helicopter and 15
volunteers - including two Oklahoma paramedics and a nurse - responded to
the scene.  All four were taken to the hospital in Page.  R.B.
was eventually flown to a hospital in Phoenix with more serious injuries. 
The remaining three victims were treated for a variety of minor injuries and
released the following day.  Alcohol was not a factor in the accident. 
[Phil Hibbs, GLCA, 9/7]

93-669 - Golden Gate (California) - Serious Employee Illness

Alex McFarland, 36, an equipment operator at Golden Gate, suffered a heart
attack while at home on August 28th.  He was taken to Marin General, where
he stayed for six days.  Alex is currently at home and preparing to have
remedial work to further open two arteries.  He's expected to return back to
work in a month.  [Marybeth McFarland, GOGA, 9/7]

93-670 - Glen Canyon (Arizona/Utah) - EMS Incident; Life Saved

Twenty-month-old A.C. wandered away from camp at Lone Rock beach on
the afternoon of September 6th and was found face down in water at the
shoreline.  Visitors in the area immediately began CPR on her, and occupants
of a nearby houseboat reported the incident to the park via marine band
radio.  Park medic Joel Ellis was entering the beach from the access road
and immediately responded.  Ellis and an off-duty Arizona DPS paramedic
established an airway, administered oxygen, and restored the little girl's
breathing.  She was taken to Page Hospital by park ambulance.  [Phil Hibbs,
GLCA, 9/7]

93-671 - Olympic (Washington) - Animal Incident

Visitors reported seeing a mountain lion on the beach at the south end of
the Kalaloch campground on two separate occasions on the morning of
September 1st.  One of the visitors reported that she had her dog with her,
that the dog had been off leash, and that the lion seemed to be stalking it. 
Both visitors reported that the lion had been within 100 feet of them, and
that it seemed to have an injured leg.  A lion of similar size had been seen
and pursued by rangers and wildlife agents about a week earlier, but had
gotten away before it could be captured.  That animal also seemed to be
unafraid of humans.  Wildlife agents employed dogs to drive the mountain
lion out of a large area of beach logs at the south end of the campground;
when the animal appeared to be trying to leave the beach through the
campground, rangers cleared campers away from the beach and requested that
they stay with their vehicles until the lion was subdued.  The mountain lion
was finally hit with a dart and immobilized around 8 p.m.  A veterinarian
determined that it was a young female between one and two years old, that it
weighed only 45 pounds, and that it was in very poor physical condition.  He
also found a .22 slug in the cat's right femur socket and therefore decided
to euthanize it.  This is the second cougar from Kalaloch to be destroyed in
the last month.  [Howard Yanish, OLYM, 9/7]

93-672 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Falling Fatality

A.Z., 24, a German national, was walking along the rim at Cape
Royal on the North Rim when he accidentally fell 200 feet to his death. 
Members of his family were with him at the time.  No other details are
currently available.  Park and county personnel recovered his body.  [Bill
Banks, GRCA, 9/7]

93-673 - Saint Croix (Wisconsin) - Rescue

On the evening of September 4th, K.J.A. jumped from the Soo Line
bridge into the St. Croix River, a fall of 184 feet.  K.J.A. suffered minor
back injuries.  Rangers and local deputies and EMTs rescued her from the
river.  K.J.A. had attempted to jump from the bridge in April, but had been
talked down by rangers and deputies.  [Superintendent, SACN, 9/7]

93-674 - Cumberland Gap (Kentucky/Tennessee/Virginia) - Ginseng Poaching

On September 5th, rangers arrested B.J.M. and G.J.B. for
possession of ginseng roots.  The two were apprehended when rangers
discovered evidence of fresh ginseng digging activity and staked out the
area.  Both were cited for violation of 36 CFR 2.1(c)(3).  Rangers
confiscated digging tools and 140 plant roots weighing 414 grams.  [Charlie
Chadwell, CUGA, 9/7]

93-675 - New River Gorge (West Virginia) - Marijuana Eradication

During the last two weeks of August, rangers and district investigators in
the park's Sandstone District were involved in or assisted with the
eradication of 442 plants in three separate plots in and around the park. 
All the operations were conducted in conjunction with the Raleigh and
Fayette county drug task forces.  The value of the plants was placed at
$909,000.  Surveillance was conducted on two of the plots for several days,
but no arrests were made.  [Chris Schrader, CI, NERI, 9/7]

93-676 - Organ Pipe Cactus (Arizona) - Marijuana Seizure

Due to an increase in narcotics smuggling activity in the area, rangers
conducted a four-day, 24-hour-per-day interdiction operation over the
holiday weekend.  Arizona National Guard resources were employed in the
effort.  Over 25 reports of suspicious activity in the park were
investigated by rangers and resulted in one seizure of 128 pounds of
marijuana, one vehicle seizure, and one narcotics smuggling arrest. 
Intelligence has shown that several organizations have moved west along the
park's boundary because of increased pressure from other agencies.  Over 400
pounds of marijuana were seized by officers in the Border Anti-Narcotics
Network (BANN) over the last week along.  [Cheto Olais, CR, ORPI, 9/7]

93-677 - Lake Meredith (Texas) - Drowning

At 1:25 p.m. on September 6th, rangers were notified of a possible drowning
at Cedar Canyon.  They discovered that 17-year-old T.D.B. of
Amarillo had been swimming from a rock toward a picnic table on shore when
he apparently went under.  Park and local rescue teams were immediately
dispatched to the area.  T.D.B.'s body was found by park personnel at 2:45
p.m.  Investigators suspect that T.D.B.'s blue jeans slid down and began
collecting water when he dove into the lake; T.D.B. then panicked and was
unable to remove them.  A blood toxicology test is being performed, and the
investigation continues.  [Patrick McCrary, Superintendent, LAMR, 9/6]

93-678 - Coulee Dam (Washington) - Drowning

On the evening of August 27th, rangers responded to a report that an adult
male had fallen out of a moving 16-foot motor boat.  The boat had no other
occupants and continued under power for several minutes before running up
onto a beach.  Despite the presence of numerous visitors in the immediate
vicinity, none saw the victim fall out of his boat.  A multi-agency search
effort was begun, but was hampered by darkness, an inability to determine
the victim's exact point of entry, and the 135-foot water depth.  Efforts to
recover the body of the victim, who was not wearing a life jacket, are
continuing, as is an investigation into the incident.  [CRO, CODA, 9/7]

93-679 - Lake Mead (Nevada) - Drowning

A.C., 71, drowned on August 27th when he accidentally backed the car he
was driving off the causeway at Lake Mead marina and into ten feet of water. 
[Teresa Green, LAME, 9/7]

93-680 - Cumberland Gap (Kentucky/Tennessee/Virginia) - MVA with Fatalities

B.R., 23, and S.R., 24, of Harrogate, Tennessee, were killed
by a tree which fell on their vehicle while they were traveling through the
park on US 25E on September 5th.  Two other occupants in the back seat of
the vehicle were injured and taken to a local hospital.  Kentucky state
police officers investigated the accident.  [Charlie Chadwell, CUGA, 9/7]

93-681 - Lake Mead (Nevada) - Remains Found

Hikers found several bones and tattered clothing in the Pipe Line Road area
on September 1st and brought them to Las Vegas police.  Rangers were
notified and an investigation has been initiated.  The bones appear to be
those of a woman, but neither the identity nor cause of death has been
determined.  [Terri Greene, LAME, 9/7]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level I

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire               9/7       9/8   Status

 NV    BLM     Elko              Mary's Creek      1,280     1,325   CN 9/8
               Ely             * Blue                  -       200   CN 9/8

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) ANALYSIS - Fire activity was moderate throughout the West yesterday; the
majority of initial attack occurred in southern California and the Rockies. 
Little activity was reported in the South.

4) PROGNOSIS - A red flag warning remains in effect for east winds on the
west side of the Cascades in Washington; other than that, the Northwest will
be sunny and warm.  High pressure and dry, warm air will limit thunderstorm
development in the Great Basin and northern California.  Initial attack is
expected to be moderate.  Initial attack activity is expected to continue in
southern California.  Cloudy skies, showers and thunderstorms should
minimize fire activity in the South.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 9/8]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

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

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd at DOI strategic planning meeting (9/7-
9/10); Spruill at aviation accident review board meeting (9/7-9/9); Gale at
MAC group cadre meeting (9/7-9/10).

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