Day/date: August 10, 1988



                              RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Marijuana Cultivation Arrest
Log number: 88-183
Date/time of incident: 8/8, 4:20 pm  Date/time received: 8/10, 7 am
Park: Whiskeytown       Location: Near Highway 299
Reported by: Herb Gercke, RAD, WRO
Received by: Bill Halainen, RAD, WASO

Incident Summary
Whiskeytown rangers and Shasta County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested
56-year-old W.P. of Redding, California, for cultivation of
marijuana within the park on the 8th. A total of 1,423 plants were
confiscated within five gardens, each of which was supported by a highly
sophisticated drip irrigation system. The potential value of the crop is
above $5,000,000. W.P. is under felony arrest and was to be arraigned
yesterday.



                              RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Employee Arrest
Log number: 88-186
Date/time of incident: 8/9, 12 pm    Date/time received: 8/10, 3:30 pm
Park: Cape Cod                         Location: Entrance
Reported by: Tony Bonanno, Chief Ranger, Cape Cod
Received by: Jon Anglin, RAD, WASO

Incident Summary
On August 9th, Cape Cod rangers arrested seasonal ranger J.B.H.,
age 27, for theft of public monies. Audit discrepancies and an
investigation by Seashore staff revealed that J.B.H. was stealing entrance
station monies. An arrest warrant charging J.B.H. with a felony under
18 USC 641, and various other violations, was issued and J.B.H. was arrested
while he was on duty. Search warrants were also obtained by seashore
rangers. J.B.H. was transported to the U.S. Magistrate and then to
Provincetown jail. The North Atlantic Regional Law Enforcement Specialist
assisted in the arrest and investigation.


                              RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Fatality
Log number: 88-188
Date/time of incident: 8/6, 4 pm     Date/time received: 8/10, 1:30 pm
Park: Yellowstone       Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Reported by: Jim Reilly, RAD, RMRO
Received by: Jon Anglin, RADS, WASO

Incident Summary
On August 6th, D.R., 7, of Scottsburgh, Indiana, fell 130' from the
Uncle Tom Trail in Yellowstone. D.R. had been sitting on a bench along
the trail and apparently slipped through the railing and fell into the Grand
Canyon of the Yellowstone. D.R. was alive at the time of his evacuation,
but died while hospitalized on the 8th.



                              RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Bison Butting
Log number: 88-189
Date/time of incident: 8/5, 2 pm     Date/time received: 8/10
Park: Yellowstone       Location: Near Lake
Reported by: Jim Reilly, RAD, RMRO
Received by: Jon Anglin, RAD, WASO

Incident Summary
On August 5th, B.L., 41, of Los Angeles, California, was attempting
photograph a bison near Lake in Yellowstone. B.L. approached too close to
the animal and was butted. His injuries were limited to two fractures ribs.