RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
MORNING REPORT
Attention: Directorate
Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
CC: RAD Information Net
Day/date: Monday, February 11, 1991
INCIDENTS
91-46 - Everglades (Florida) - Assist to U.S. Customs: Smuggling
Convictions
On January 23rd, six Florida men were convicted in U.S. district
court in Fort Myers on charges of smuggling marijuana into the
United States. The convictions resulted from a two-year-long
investigation coordinated by U.S. Customs with the assistance
and testimony of representatives from several agencies,
including rangers from Everglades. The rangers testified that
they had chased high speed boats through the park during the
night that Customs took down the commercial vessel "Mystical
Rose" near the park's boundary. The vessel was loaded with
marijuana, and the high speed boats were apparently escaping
from Customs agents at the time the rangers pursued them.
[Telefax from Mark Lewis, LES, EVER, 2/8]
MIDDLE EAST INCIDENT UPDATE
No reports received.
Please advise us through your regional offices of all threats
received, permits issued for demonstrations, and demonstrations
or incidents that occur which are related to the war in the Gulf.
Call Major Schamp at FTS 268-4209 (202-208-4209).
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Everglades (Florida) - Drought Conditions
Drought conditions are continuing in the park. Although
Everglades received rainfall in January that exceeded normal
amounts for that month by 1.5 inches, the precipitation did
little to compensate for the overall 1990 deficit of just over
13.5 inches below normal. Drought indices suggest that severe
fires may be in the cards for the park during this year's fire
season, which typically hits its peak in March and April.
[CompuServe message from EVER, 2/8]
CALENDAR
Asterisk (*) indicates new entry; plus (+) indicates revised
entry. Brackets at end of entry indicate source of information:
February 20 22 Fee Collection Workshop, Denver, CO. Open to
park fee collectors, fee collection supervisors, fee collection
officers and administrative personnel from Midwest, Pacific
Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest and Western Regions. For
further information, contact John Townsend, FTS 864-3475 or
402-221-3475. [John Townsend, RAD/MWRO]
February 25-March 8 National Wildfire Investigation Training,
Glynco, GA. Funded by benefitting accounts. Contact your
regional fire coordinator to see if your attendance would
qualify for FIREPRO funding. For application procedures,
contact your regional training office. [Carole Pfeifer,
LEEDC/FLETC]
February 25-March 1 Midwest Region Special Events Team
Training, Lake Mead, NV. Funded by regional training account.
[J.J. McLaughlin, RAD/MWRO]
February 27-May 8 Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management
Agencies, Glynco, GA. Funded by LEEDC/FLETC. For application
procedures, contact your regional training office. [Carole
Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
March 11-15 Structural Fire Program Management, Indiana Dunes,
Porter, IN. For further information, contact MWR Employee
Development Office at FTS 864-3942 or 402-221-3941. [John Townsend,
RAD/MWRO]
March 11-15 PNR Joint Operations Workshop, Portland, OR. For
further information, contact Kathy Jope at FTS 399-5670. [Kathy
Jope, RM&VP, PNRO]
March 11-April 4 Marine Law Enforcement Training, Glynco, GA.
Funded by benefitting accounts. For application procedures,
contact your regional training office. [Carole Pfeifer,
LEEDC/FLETC]
March 18-22 Midwest Region Chief Rangers' Conference, Lake
Geneva, WI. [J.J. McLaughlin, RAD/MWRO]
March 18-22 Land Management Controlled Substance Training,
Marana, AZ. Funded by LEEDC/FLETC. For application procedures,
contact your regional training office. [Carole Pfeifer,
LEEDC/FLETC]
March 18-22 Aviation Management Workshop, Boise, ID.
Benefitting account. [Butch Farabee, RAD/WASO]
March 18-29 Prescribed Fire Burn Boss, Big Thicket, TX.
Two-week training session on the management of prescribed burns
to meet land management and operational objectives. The course
is designed for personnel having primary responsibility for
planning and implementing prescribed fire as a management tool.
Submit an NWCG interagency training nomination form to program
coordinator David McHugh at Big Thicket no later than December
14th. [Paul Broyles, Branch of Fire]
March 22-27 56th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources
Conference, Edmonton, Alberta. For further information, contact
L.L. Williamson, Wildlife Management Institute, 1101 14th Street
NW, Suite 725, Washington, DC 20005 (202-371-1808). [Kathy Jope,
RAD/PNRO]
March 25-29 "Universal Design: Designing to Include Disabled
People in Park and Recreation Areas and Facilities", Raleigh, NC.
Sponsored by Special Programs and Populations, WASO, through
Project Access. Designed for architects, designers and
engineers, this 40hour course will present methods and
techniques for designing buildings and facilities that are
accessible to disabled people. Benefitting account plus tuition
of $250. Contact regional training office for application
procedures. For further information, contact Dave Park at
202-343-3674 (FTS 343-3674). [Kay Ellis, WASO-ACCESS]
March 25-June 4 Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management
Agencies, Glynco, GA. Funded by LEEDC/FLETC. For application
procedures, contact your regional training office. [Carole
Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
March 25-29 Land Management Controlled Substance Training,
Knoxville, TN. Funded by LEEDC/FLETC. For application
procedures, contact your regional training office. [Carole
Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
March 28-May 16 Seasonal Law Enforcement Training Program,
National Ranger Training Institute, Hocking College, Nelsonville,
OH. For further information and application, contact Connie
Cassady or Steve Swayne at 614-753-3591 ext. 2330. [Steve Swayne,
Hocking College]
April 8-19 Basic Instructor Training, Glynco, GA. Funded by
benefitting accounts. For application procedures, contact your
regional training office. [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
April 9-12 Western Regional Chief Rangers' Workshop, Days Inn,
Scottsdale, AZ. Funded by benefitting accounts. For
reservations, contact the Days Inn (602-947-5411); for further
information, call Dwayne Collier at 602-640-5256 or Herb Gercke at
415-556-1866. [Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO]
April 14 Fire Management for Managers, NARTC, Marana, AZ. The
session will be held concurrently with the USFS course on fire
management for line officers, and there will be several joint
sessions. Open to superintendents, park FMO's, ARD's for
operations and regional chief rangers. For further information,
contact Paul Broyles, Branch of Fire Management (208-334-1080 or
FTS 554-1080). [Paul Broyles, FIRE]
April 14-18 Departmental Safety and Occupational Health
Seminar, Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, CA. Sponsored by the
NPS. Registration fee of $65. All fulltime and collateral duty
safety personnel are encouraged to attend. For further
information, contact William Davis, Chief, Branch of Loss
Control, WASO, at FTS 343-7014 or 202-343-7014. [Bill Davis,
Safety, WASO]
April 17-19 "Environmental Compliance: Tools for Protecting
Parks", Colorado Springs, CO. A three-day course "designed to
help participants develop core skills and practical
understanding in compliance, with a focus on NEPA." Sponsored
by WASO Environmental Quality and the Environmental Law
Institute. For further information, contact Frank Bono at
Albright or Kheryn Klubnikin, Environmental Quality, WASO.
[Kheryn Klubnikin, EQ/WASO]
April 24-26 Mountain Lion/Human Interaction Symposium and
Workshop, Holiday Inn Holidome, Denver, CO. Sponsored by the
NPS and several other state, provincial and federal agencies.
Abstracts are due by December 15, 1990. For more information,
call Steve Chaney (303-969-2856 or FTS 327-2856) or Robert Tully at
303-297-1192. [Steve Chaney, RMRO]
April 29-May 23 Marine Law Enforcement Training, Glynco, GA.
Funded by benefitting accounts. For application procedures,
contact your regional training office. [Carole Pfeifer,
LEEDC/FLETC]
May 14-15 Western Region Peer Counselor Training, Tucson, AZ.
Funded by benefitting accounts. For applications, contact Herb
Gercke at 415-556-1866. [Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO]
May 20-July 17 Seasonal Law Enforcement Ranger Academy,
Colorado Northwestern Community College, Rangely, CO. For
further information and application, contact Steven Whittmore at
303-675-3306. [Steven Whittmore, CNCC]
* May 20-22 Third Annual Conference of the society for
Ecological Restoration, Orlando, FL. For further information,
call (813) 355-5065. [Jen Coffey, RAD/WASO]
* May 29-June 1 "The Biology and Management of Martens and
Fishers: A Symposium", Laramie, WY. Sponsored by the NPS and
several federal, state and provincial agencies. For more
information, contact the Department of Zoology and Physiology,
University of Wyoming, at 307-766-2357. [Sue Consolo Murphy, YELL]
* June 17-July 12 Marine Law Enforcement Training Program,
Glynco, GA. Funded by benefitting accounts. For application
procedures, contact your regional training office. [Carole Pfeifer,
LEEDC/FLETC]
* August 5-August 29 Marine Law Enforcement Training Program,
Glynco, GA. Funded by benefitting accounts. For application
procedures, contact your regional training office. [Carole
Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
(Calendar appears in each Monday's morning report. 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).
STAFF STATUS
Division Chief: No travel or leave scheduled.
Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Coffey at inventory and
monitoring task force meeting, WASO (2/12-2/13).
Branch of Fire: Farrel conducting study of impact of transition
of Presidio to the NPS, San Francisco, CA (2/11-2/15); Broyles,
Mattingly and Cook at training session, Western Region Fire Academy,
Golden Gate, CA (2/11-2/15).
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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