RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

Attention: Directorate
           Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
           CC: RAD Information Net

Day/date:  Tuesday, January 15, 1991

INCIDENTS

91-8 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Sexual Assault

At about 3:00 a.m. on January 1st, South Rim rangers received a 
report of a sexual assault in progress at the Bright Angel Lodge.  
When they arrived, they found a visitor and a security officer 
physically restraining R.B., a 32-year-old concession 
employee.  R.B. was taken into custody after a struggle with 
the rangers.  A 29-year-old female visitor from England alleged 
that R.B. had followed her to her room after they'd met in 
the lodge bar, that he'd forced his way in, and that he'd then 
threatened her and committed several sexual assaults.  She was 
eventually able to escape and lock herself in a shower away from 
the room.  During processing, R.B. made repeated threats of 
future violence against the arresting rangers.  He was booked 
into the Coconino County jail in Flagstaff on numerous felony 
and misdemeanor charges, and will be prosecuted by the county 
attorney.  [Dispatch, GRCA, via CompuServe message from Herb 
Gercke, RAD/WRO, 1/14]

91-9 - New River Gorge (West Virginia) - Poaching Arrest

Rangers received an anonymous report of deer poaching in the park near
Sewell on January 11th.  Three poachers were reported to be using a
truck to enter an area along the New River via a railroad access road to
spotlight and shoot deer.  The poachers were reportedly selling the deer
for about $50 each, and had allegedly taken about five deer in the area
over the previous two weeks.  Four rangers and a West Virginia
conservation officer placed the area under surveillance.  Around 10:00
that evening, they saw a truck matching the description the informant
had given entering the area.  Just after midnight, the surveillance team
saw the suspects employ handheld spotlights from the truck to spot the
open fields and river bank.  The team closed in on the vehicle and
arrested three men A.H., 71, J.H., 45, and C.J., 41, all from Oak Hill,
West Virginia.  The three were charged with hunting without a license,
hunting out of season, spotlighting, and possession of loaded firearms
in a vehicle.  Two 12 gauge shotguns loaded with slugs and two
spotlights were seized.  No deer or other wildlife were found in their
possession, but they admitted to the charges.  C.J. also admitted that
they had shot at but missed one deer just prior to the arrest.  [Telefax
from Rick Brown, DR, NERI, 1/12]

91-10 - Lake Mead (Arizona/Nevada) - Suicide

The body of L.B., 39, of Cross Lake, Minnesota, was 
found in a parked pickup truck at Lake View Point on January 
14th.  A hose extended from the exhaust pipe into the truck's 
cab.  [Dispatch, LAME, via CompuServe message from Herb Gercke, 
RAD/WRO, 1/14]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Yellowstone (Wyoming) - Bison Management

As of the 10th, there were no bison seen outside the park's 
boundaries.  A group of four bulls was just inside the western 
boundary east of Hebgen Lake; a second group of eight bison was 
three to four miles inside the northern boundary near the 
Yellowstone River; a third group of nine bison was six to eight 
miles inside the northern boundary east of Undine Falls.  
[Wildlife and Vegetation Division, WASO, 1/14]

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Martin at regional chief
rangers' meeting, Arlington, VA (1/14-1/18); Coffey at Society for Range
Management annual meeting, Arlington, VA (1/14-1/17); Henry at meeting
with aircraft overflight research contractors, Harpers Ferry, WV
(1/14-1/18); Farabee at meeting on climbing bolting problems with
USFS, Phoenix, AZ (1/18-1/19).

Branch of Fire: Erskine at Zion (1/14-1/15) and museum curators'
workshop, Washington, DC (1/15-1/18); Gale at Zion (1/14-1/16) and review
of fire management for managers course, Denver, CO (1/16-1/17); Mattingly
at Zion (1/14-1/16); Farrel at museum curators' workshop, Washington, DC
(1/15-1/18); Botti at Western Region managers' workshop on fire effects
monitoring at Golden Gate (1/15-1/18).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

Telephone:  FTS 268-4874/6039 or 202-208-4874/6039
Telefax:    FTS 268-5977 or 202-208-5977
CompuServe: WASO-RANGER (Branch of R&VP); WASO-FIRE-WO (Branch of Fire)
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