RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/Date:  Monday, October 25, 1993

Broadcast: By 0900 EDT

INCIDENTS

93-653 - Golden Gate (California) - Follow-up on Marijuana Eradication

Over 250 marijuana plants were spotted from the air on and around NPS lands
in Marin County on August 19th.  During a subsequent flyover, DEA agents,
state and county rangers and local law enforcement officers discovered and
eradicated another 250 plants in north Marin park and open space lands
adjacent to Golden Gate boundaries.  Another 1,000 plants were discovered in
a camouflaged greenhouse on nearby private property.  A search warrant was
issued for the greenhouse and an arrest was made there later that day. 
[Marybeth McFarland, GOGA, 10/20]

93-775 - New River Gorge (West Virginia) - Follow-up on Fatal Shooting 

On October 19th, T.H., 27, was killed while hunting in the park
with two companions.  Two days later, rangers arrested W.G., Sr.,
of Terry, West Virginia, for negligent shooting and hunting without a
license.  The investigation into T.H.'s death is continuing; further
charges may be forthcoming.  [Bill Blake, CR, NERI, 10/21]

93-776 - Lake Mead (Nevada) - Drowning

G.P., 58, of Descanso, California, was reported missing on October
20th after he accidentally fell overboard from his boat at Sandy Point in
Cottonwood Cove.  The park's four-member dive team subsequently recovered
his body.  [Terri Greene, LAME, 10/21]

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:

11/1

Fire Management for Agency Administrators, NARTC, Marana, AZ. 
Although the course will not be held until 4/10-15/94, the
deadline for nominations is November 1st.  The course is
directed towards park managers who have significant
responsibility for fire management in regions and parks.  One-
page nominations should be sent in regional priority order to
Paul Broyles in the Branch of Fire and Aviation Management in
Boise.  Funding is from regional FIREPRO accounts.  [Paul
Broyles, NPS/NIFC]

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]

11/2-4

GIS/LIS '93, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN. 
Conference topics include: data capture, field methods, and GPS;
database and system design; network systems; project planning
and management; urban applications; environment and natural
resources; emergency management and disaster preparedness; data
standards; and emerging trends.  Advance registration by October
1st.  [Joe Meyer, GIS/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 (505-278-2210).  [Jeff Karraker, CAVO]

*11/8-9

Lake Superior National Parks Research Conference.  The meeting
will focus on activities at Isle Royale, Pictured Rocks, Apostle
Islands, Grand Portage and vicinity; topics include eagle
productivity, contaminants in birds, migratory bird studies,
fire, rare plants studies, vegetation mapping and wolf-moose
interactions.  Contact: Apostle Islands (715-779-3397).  [Joe
Meyer, GIS/MWR]

11/10-14

Rendezvous XVII, Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach, VA.  Annual
meeting of Association of National Park Rangers.  Contact: Sarah
Craighead, NCRO (703-330-1387).  [Rick Gale, NPS/NIFC]

11/10-14

Annual meeting, Association of National Park Maintenance
Employees, Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach, VA.  Contact: Rick
Shireman, WASO (703-330-1387).  [Rick Shireman, ESD/WASO]

11/15-19

GIS '93: NPS Geographic Information Systems Users Conference,
Denver, CO.  This will be a joint conference with the newly-
formed National Biological Survey.  Advance registration before
October 8th.  Contact: Regional GIS coordinators or the GIS
Division, DSC (303-969-2590).  [Joe Meyer, GIS/MWRO]

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]

12/2-3

Arbor Expo, Valley Forge, PA.  Focus on urban forestry,
including sessions on setting up a safe workplace, climbing
operations, pesticide handling and spill management, rope safety
and tree fertilization.  Contact: Arbor Expo, 68-680 Perez,
Suite J, Cathedral City, CA 92234 or Steve Cinnamon in MWRO. 
[Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

12/5-10

Managerial Grid - Phase I, location TBA.  NPS training course
sponsored by Association of National Park Rangers.  Applications
must be received by ANPR (PO Box 307, Gansevoort, NY 12831) by
October 22nd.  Tuition $550; $500 for ANPR members.  Contact:
Ann Baugh, Albright EDC (602-638-2691).  [Ann Baugh, AEDC]

12/5-10

Managerial Grid - Instructor Preparation Seminar, location TBA. 
Managerial Grid is a prerequisite.  Applications must be
received by ANPR (PO Box 307, Gansevoort, NY 12831) by October
22nd.  Tuition $550; $500 for ANPR members.  Contact: Ann Baugh,
Albright EDC (602-638-2691).  [Ann Baugh, AEDC]

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: Clark instruction ignition management course
(10/25-10/29); Gale at FMAA cadre meeting (10/25); Botti speaking at
conference on fire and forest meteorology (10/27-10/29); Broyles at burn
boss steering committee meeting (10/25-10/29).

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