RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Monday, September 13, 1993

Broadcast: By 0900 EDT

INCIDENTS

93-696 - Saguaro (Arizona) - Shooting Incident

On the evening of September 2nd, a shot was fired through the back dining
room window of the park fire management officer's residence in the Rincon
Mountain District.  The .357 magnum round lodged in the living room window
frame.  No one was injured in the incident.  Other park residents reported
that they'd heard shots followed by the screeching of vehicle tires. 
Preliminary investigation by rangers and Pima County officers show that the
round most likely came from the Old Spanish Trail outside of the park. 
[Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO, 9/10]

93-697 - Lake Clark (Alaska) - Two Aircraft Accidents

On the morning of September 2nd, the Rescue Coordination Center (RCC)
advised rangers that an ELT signal had been received from the Twin Lakes
area of the park.  Two park planes and a state police aircraft subsequently
took off from Port Alsworth to join the search for the downed plane. 
Shortly after taking off, the crew of an Alaska National Guard Pavehawk
helicopter advised searchers that they'd located the crash site and were at
the scene.  As the planes were returning to Port Alsworth, they received a
second transmission from the Pavehawk reporting that its engine had failed
on take off.  A park aircraft returned to the area and directed a state
trooper helicopter to the accident scene.  Damage to the Pavehawk was minor
and no additional injuries were sustained.  The pilot and sole occupant of
the wrecked aircraft was evacuated by the state police helicopter and was
taken to an Anchorage hospital for treatment of a fractured leg and other
minor injuries.  A decision was later made to salvage the Pavehawk by
slinging it to Anchorage, a distance of about 200 miles.  On the afternoon
of September 7th, a regular Army Chinook helicopter from Fairbanks lifted
the Pavehawk from the site and headed for Anchorage.  While traversing Lake
Clark Pass and still within park boundaries, the Pavehawk broke loose from
the slings, fell over 1,000 feet, and burned on impact (it was still
carrying 1,000 gallons of fuel).  The $7 million helicopter was a total
loss; loose sling cables caused some minor damage to the Chinook.  [Joe
Fowler, CR, LACL, 9/10]

93-698 - Lake Clark (Alaska) - Aircraft Accident

On September 5th, a Cessna 180 with four people on board capsized while
attempting to take off from a small lake within park boundaries.  The
occupants managed to get out of the plane and remained on the floats for
about 45 minutes before swimming to shore.  A ranger hiked from the Twin
Lakes patrol cabin to the scene, located the party at a cabin near the lake,
and determined that all were in good shape.  High winds that contributed to
the accident prevented evacuation of the group until the following day. [Joe
Fowler, CR, LACL, 9/10]

93-699 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Rescue

On the evening of September 9th, J.S., 47, was hiking down Bright
Angel trail with several companions when she collapsed unexpectedly.  One of
her friends reported the incident to rangers, who quickly responded.  A
ranger/paramedic took a blood sample and ran to the clinic for diagnosis. 
Meanwhile, J.S. was evacuated by stokes litter to a waiting helicopter,
then flown to the medical center in Flagstaff.  The results of the blood
sample showed that J.S. was suffering from a severe case of water
intoxication, which results from drinking excessive amounts of water without
ingesting solid food.  The body's electrolytes are therefore washed away,
causing alcohol-type intoxication symptoms, unconsciousness, and, in extreme
cases, death.  J.S. is still in guarded condition at the Flagstaff
hospital.  Because of the number of such cases which have occurred at Grand
Canyon, the park is rethinking the message it gives to Canyon hikers.  One
new recommendation will be that people eat well and carry high energy foods
with them.  [Dispatch, GRCA, 9/10]

93-700 - Big Bend (Texas) - Sexual Assault; Temporary Park Closure

On August 31st, an American visitor to the park reported that she'd been
sexually assaulted while visiting Boquillas, a village adjacent to the park
in Mexico which is frequented by visitors.  The woman, who was traveling
alone, was walking along the road which connects the town to the crossing to
the park when a man hit her in the face with a rock, threw her to the
ground, and attempted to disrobe her.  The woman began to talk to her
assailant, challenging his reasons for wanting to assault her.  This
approach, together with the sounds of a person approaching them, appeared to
scare the assailant away.  The passerby, who was another American tourist,
helped the woman back into the park, where she reported the incident to
rangers.  Her injuries included several scrapes and bruises and several
loose teeth.  She said she could easily identify her assailant, as she'd
gotten a good look at him and had seen two distinctive tattoos on his chest,
including one of his nickname, "L.."  Although several village residents
were able to name the suspect based on the description provided by rangers,
town officials were at first uncooperative, fearing retribution from the
assailant.  Mexican law enforcement authorities and the governor's office
were accordingly contacted for assistance.  On September 1st, the
superintendent issued a closure order for the park area surrounding the
crossing and sent several rangers to Boquillas to meet with town officials,
explain the park's concerns, and advise them that the crossing from the park
into Mexico had been closed.  Tourists in Boquillas were informed of the
imminent closure of the crossing and advised to return to the United States. 
Once all of them had returned, the closure was put into effect.  Within
hours, word was received in the park that the suspect had been captured by
town residents and was being held pending the arrival of Mexican law
enforcement authorities.  Arrangements were made to have the victim identify
her assailant.  Identification proved difficult as the suspect could not be
brought into the United States and the victim refused to cross the river
into Mexico.  An effort at photographic identification proved inconclusive. 
Mexican law enforcement officers arrived the next day and were briefed by
park staff.  The suspect was questioned in Boquillas.  The man, who had at
least one prior conviction for sexual assault in the United States, had two
tatoos, one of which read "Lalo".  He was taken into custody, then taken
into another room.  The Mexican authorities emerged shortly thereafter with
a full confession.  The suspect was taken to the interior of Mexico for
prosecution.  The superintendent's closure order was rescinded the following
day, and regular travel across the border resumed.  [Jim Northup, CR, BIBE,
9/8]

93-701 - Cumberland Gap (Kentucky/Tennessee/Virginia) - MVA with Fatality

S.B.F., 19, of Harrogate, Tennessee, was killed on September
10th when his 1991 Ford Explorer left the right side of Highway 25E, struck
a utility pole, went down an embankment and struck some trees.  S.B.F. was
thrown from the vehicle before it caught fire and burned.  He was pronounced
dead at a local hospital.  S.B.F. was not wearing a seat belt.  Alcohol was
not involved.  [Jack Collier, CR, CUGA, 9/10]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level I

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire              9/12      9/13   Status

 ID    BLM     Boise           * Diamond Creek       200+      421   CL     

 UT    USFS    Dixie           * Henderson Hill        -       700   CN 9/13
               Manti-Lasal     * Flat Canyon           -       400   CN 9/13

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 - Moderate levels of initial attack occurred yesterday in
California and the Great Basin.  Gusty winds associated with the passage of
a cold front contributed to control problems on several fires in Utah.  All
other geographic areas reported very limited fire activity.  

4) PROGNOSIS - A red flag warning has been posted in northern California for
strong north to east winds.  The associated dryness will increase the
potential for initial attack.  There will be cooler temperatures with
variable cloudiness in Utah, clear skies in Nevada, and fair skies and
slightly warmer temperatures in Idaho, eastern Oregon and eastern
Washington.  Fire activity is expected to be moderate.  A low pressure
trough will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to central Texas and
Louisiana, which should limit fire activity in those states.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 9/13]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

CALENDAR

Calendar appears in the morning report every other Monday.  If you know of a
conference, meeting or training session with Servicewide interest and
implications, please provide the specifics to Bill Halainen in Ranger
Activities.  Entries are listed no earlier than four months before the
event.  Asterisks indicate new entries; brackets at end of entry indicate
source of information:

9/30-10/2 -- First Rocky Mountain Anthropology Conference, The Virginian
Saloon and Conference Center, Jackson, WY.  Theme: Human use of
high elevation environments.  Topics: Mountain linguistics,
Fremont fringe and late prehistoric intensification;
Ute/Shoshone ethnology and prehistory; geoarchaeology and
paleoecology of the uplands; the greater Yellowstone ecosystem;
rock art in the "Great In-between"; management issues in the
mountains; high-altitude occupations. Contact: Michael Metcalf,
P.O. Box 899, Eagle, CO 81361 (303-328-6244).  For local
arrangements, contact: Jamie Schoen, Bridger/Teton NF, PO Box
1888, Jackson, WY 83001 (307-739-5523).  [Cal Cummings,
Anthropology/WASO] 

10/14-16 -- Eight Annual Wilderness Emergencies Conference, Flagstaff, AZ. 
Sponsored by Flagstaff Medical Center.  Contact: Sharon Harbeck,
RN, PreHospital Care Coordinator, Flagstaff Medical Center, PO
Box 1268, Flagstaff, AZ 86002 (602-779-2055).  [Sharon Harbeck,
FHMC]

10/14-12/22 -- Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management Agencies, FLETC,
Glynco, GA.  Funded by the Law Enforcement Employee Development
Center at FLETC.  Contact your regional employee development
office for application procedures.  [Carole Pfeifer,
LEEDC/FLETC]

10/18-29 -- Curatorial Methods, Stephen T. Mather Employee Development
Center, Harpers Ferry, WV.  Please contact your regional
employee development officer regarding nomination due dates. 
[Gloria Baker, STMA]

10/18-22 -- Archeological Curation and Collections Management, Tucson, AZ. 
Sponsored by Mather Employee Development Center and George
Washington University.  Tuition is $500.  Contact your employee
development officer regarding nomination due dates. [Gloria
Baker, STMA]

10/19-21 -- Regional Chief Rangers' Conference, Omaha, NE.  [Tom Thompson,
RAD/MWRO]

10/25-29 -- Archeology for Managers, Hot Springs, AR.  Sponsored by Mather
Employee Development Center and the University of Nevada-Reno. 
Tuition is $250.  Contact your employee development officer
regarding nomination due dates. [Gloria Baker, STMA]

10/27-30 -- "Cave Management Into the Twenty-First Century", National Cave
Management Symposium, Carlsbad, NM.  Papers to be presented on
Federal Cave Resources Protection Act regulations, bat
management, cave restoration and formation repair, biodiversity
inventories, and related issues.  Contact: Dale Pate, Cave
Resource Specialist, Carlsbad Caverns NP, 3225 National Parks
Highway, Carlsbad, NM 88220 (505-785-2104).  [Dale Pate, CACA]

11/1-5 -- Issues in the Public Interpretation of Archeological Materials
and Sites, Portland, OR.  Tuition is $300.  Contact your
employee development officer for application information. 
[Gloria Baker, STMA]

11/1-3 -- Fourth National Research Conference on Pesticides, Richmond, VA. 
Sponsored by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center. 
Contact: Dr. Diana Weigman, Virginia Water Resources Research
Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 617
North Main St., Blacksburg, VA 24060-3397 (703-231-5624). 
[Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

11/2-5* -- "Environmental Compliance: Tools for Protecting Parks", Denver,
CO.  Provides foundation in environmental compliance
regulations.  First of a series of three courses in
environmental leadership - announcements for "Managing the NEPA
Process and Writing Effective NEPA Documents" and "Managing
Parks Sustainability" will follow.  Contact: Jake Hoogland,
Environmental Compliance, WASO (202-208-3163).  [Jake Hoogland,
EQD/WASO]

11/4-7 -- "The Future of America's Rivers: A Celebration of the 25th
Anniversary of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act",
Arlington, VA.  Contact: JT&A, Inc., ATTN: Jennifer Paugh, 1000
Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 802, Washington, DC 20036.  [Janet
Wise, RMRO]

11/8-9 -- Leadership for the Future, training course, Cavalier Hotel,
Virginia Beach, VA.  Situational leadership course, sponsored by
Association of National Park Rangers and presented by Omega, a
management consulting company.  Contact: Jeff Karraker, Capulin
Volcano.  [Jeff Karraker, CAVO]

11/17-22 -- National Interpreters Workshop, Hyatt Regency Crystal City,
Arlington, VA.  Sponsored by National Association for
Interpretation.  Contact: Julie Carroll, Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning Commission, Meadowside Nature Center,
5100 Meadowside Lane, Rockville, MD 20855 (301-924-5965; TDD
301-924-5939).  [Mike Gurling, OLYM]

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady at Ranger Futures meeting (9/13-9/17).

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Berkowitz on travel (9/13-9/17);
Sisto on AL (9/13-9/14).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Broyles at CDF academy and NWCG meeting (9/13-
9/16); Zimmerman at prescribed fire and fire effects working team meeting
(9/15-9/19); Gale at incident management consortium meeting (9/13-9/14).


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