RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Thursday, September 30, 1993

Broadcast: By 0900 EDT

INCIDENTS

93-743 - Canaveral (Florida) - Public Nudity Prosecutions

On May 21st, Canaveral rangers began issuing citations for violations of the
state law for nudity, which the park has assimilated under newly ceded
concurrent jurisdiction.  The state statute (800.03) makes public nudity a
first degree misdemeanor with a maximum fine of $1,000 and a term of
imprisonment not exceeding one year, but does not associate public nudity
with either disorderly conduct or lewd and lascivious behavior.  The park
has issued 91 citations to date.  At present, rangers are issuing nudity
citations for mandatory court appearances for first offenses and citations
for disorderly conduct and interfering with an agency function for
subsequent offenses.  On September 28th, the first 19 individuals were
called before a U.S. magistrate.  One pled guilty and was fined $100; the
remaining 18 pled not guilty.  Eight of them are scheduled for trial on
October 26th, and the remainder for November 23rd.  All of the individuals
scheduled in October are being represented by the same attorney.  It's
expected that the other cases will follow the precedent established in the
first case.  The assistant U.S. attorney feels that rangers have full
authority to issue these citations, and intends to prosecute to the full
extent of the law.  There is concern, however, over the degree of impact
that continued violations may have on the U.S. attorney's office and the
district court system.  The magistrate's decision will likely be appealed no
matter what he rules. In an effort to reduce the impact on the court system
yet continue a positive course of enforcement, the U.S. attorney has
discussed the possibility of postponing all but the first few cases until
the appellate process has been completed.  If the initial decision is not in
the park's favor, other alternatives will be pursued.  [Bill DeHart, CR,
CANA, 9/29]

93-744 - Crater Lake (Oregon) - Mushroom Poaching

On September 27th, six rangers spent about ten hours pursuing between 40 and
50 Laotians and Cambodians who were illegally harvesting mushrooms from the
park along Highway 62.  Thirteen citations for commercial picking and three
for weapons violations were issued; 62 pounds of mushrooms were seized.  The
mushrooms are valued at between $40 and $75 per pound.  All the pickers were
armed with knives, some over a foot long.  Many other weapons were seen, but
were outside park boundaries.  Most of the citations were written well
inside the park, rather than near the boundary as in the past.  Pickers
report that mushrooms are becoming extremely scarce, and that they are
traveling great distances to find and harvest them.  Forest Service officers
believe that some buyers are advising pickers to come into the park. 
Pickers are suspected of starting seven fires on the Deschutes National
Forest.  The park had one small fire near Mount Scott which was probably
started by pickers.  Firefighters saw eight or nine vehicles near the
mountain, but enforcement personnel were not in the area due to the problems
along Highway 62.  [George Buckingham, CR, CRLA, 9/28]

93-745 - Fredericksburg/Spottsylvania (Virginia) - MVA with Fatality

S.T., 22, was returning from work around 3:30 a.m. on the morning of
September 26th when he apparently fell asleep, ran off the road, and struck
two park trees.  S.T. was extricated from his Nissan pickup and taken to
Mary Washington Hospital, where he later died of his injuries.  [Mike
Johnson, CR, FRSP, 9/29]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level I

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire              9/29      9/30   Status

 WA    USFS   Wenatchee        * Meadow Crk - T2       -       150   NEC

 CA    USFS   Los Padres         Marre - T1       22,000    30,500   NEC    
       USFS   San Bernadino      Creek               123       123   CL     
                               * Northfork             -       150   CND
       CDF    San Diego          Coach               705       705   CND    

 NV    BLM    Carson City      * Hole                  -       105   CL

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 - Containment strategy    NEC - No estimate of containment
  CND - Contained              CN (date) - Expected date of containment

3) ANALYSIS - Conspicuous progress was made on large fires in California
yesterday.  All were contained except for the Marre fire.  Fire activity in
the Northwest increased; one fire escaped initial attack.

4) PROGNOSIS - A red flag watch remains in effect in central California. 
Hot and sunny weather and low humidities will prevail throughout the state,
so the potential for initial and large attack fires will continue.  Fire
activity will likely remain moderate in Utah, Nevada and northern Arizona,
but will probably continue in the Northwest.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 9/30]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Henry at Fifth World Wilderness
Conference (9/22-10/4). 

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Broyles at RX90 "burn boss" steering committee
meeting (9/27-10/1); Farrel and Hurd at NWCG meeting (9/27-9/30); Gale on AL
(9/28-9/30).


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