RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Wednesday, October 6, 1993

Broadcast: By 0900 EDT

INCIDENTS

93-755 - Great Smokies (North Carolina/Tennessee) - Ginseng Poaching 

Rangers are investigating two significant commercial ginseng poaching
operations which were detected in the Hazel Creek drainage in the Lake
Subdistrict on the North Carolina side of the park - an area with a history
of resource violations.  Just after 8 a.m. on September 18th, rangers
contacted two Cherokee, North Carolina, men at the mouth of Hazel Creek
along Fontana Lake.  They had a bag containing 1,654 ginseng roots, and told
rangers that they'd been digging roots in the park for approximately four
days.  One admitted that they were going to dry the roots and sell them when
the price went up.  The second incident occurred on the evening of September
22nd when rangers spotted a boat leaving Ollie Cove near Hazel Creek.  The
five male occupants of the boat - all from Cherokee - were contacted on the
other side of Fontana Lake at Cable Cove.  The boat contained two ginseng
digging tools and three backpacks containing 1,640 ginseng roots and a small
quantity of ginseng berries.  No one in the boat claimed ownership of the
packs.  Investigations into both of the incidents are continuing and charges
are pending.  [Dave Panebaker, ACR, GRSM, 10/5]

93-756 - Glen Canyon (Utah) - Search

On the morning of October 3rd, 19-year-old S.O. ran into Anasazi
Lodge and reported that his 21-year-old brother A.O. had failed to surface
after diving into the lake.  S.O. led rangers to a small slickrock cliff
below the lodge - a location popular with swimmers and divers.  A companion
corroborated the report; both were highly agitated.  Rangers and divers were
nearby and responded promptly.  Divers were in the water within 16 minutes
of the report, but they were unable to find the victim.  A  life flight
helicopter responded from Page in preparation for handling a cold-water
drowning.  About 40 minutes after the original notification, a person
identifying himself as A.O. telephoned dispatch from an unknown
location and said that he was okay and that S.O. shouldn't worry about him. 
An investigation into the incident is underway.  Charges may be filed. 
[Tomie Lee, CR, GLCA, 10/5]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level I

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area              Fire           10/5      10/6   Status

 CA    USFS     Los Padres      Marre - T1       40,500    40,700   CN 10/8

 UT    USFS     Manti-LaSal     Flat Canyon - T2  1,475     1,475   CN 10/6
                Uinta           Center Canyon       160       160   CND    

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 - Some minor initial attack was reported in southern California
yesterday.  Demobilization from the Marre Fire continued.  There was little
activity anywhere else in the U.S. 

4) PROGNOSIS - Little activity is anticipated.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 10/6]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady on AL (10/4-10/8).

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Berkowitz at national radio
coordinator meeting and law enforcement meetings (10/3-10/16). 

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd at DOI strategic planning meeting (10/5-
10/8); Gale at I-520/620 steering committee meeting (10/5-10/7); Broyles at
NFPA meeting (10/2-10/5); Farrel on structural fire evaluation at Fort Scott
(10/4-10/7); Zimmerman, Berg and Clark on FIREPRO audit at Yellowstone
(10/4-10/8).

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