RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION MORNING REPORT Attention: Directorate Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC CC: RAD Information Net Day/date: Wednesday, June 26, 1991 INCIDENTS 91-239 - Shenandoah (Virginia) - Homicide On the afternoon of June 24th, the park received a report that there was a body lying along the side of Jewell Hollow Road, a dirt road which intersects with a highway a half mile above park headquarters. Responding rangers found a body of a woman in her late 20's wrapped in a sheet. After closing the road to protect the crime scene, the FBI and state police were summoned to assist in the investigation. They determined that the victim had been shot at least twice, and spent shell casings were found nearby. The victim has not been identified, but investigators did find that she was wearing a 1979 class ring from a school in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The investigation continues. [Telefax from Larry Hakel, CR, SHEN, 6/24] 91-240 - Yukon-Charley Rivers (Alaska) - Drug Conviction On June 10th, F.L.W. pled guilty to state felony charges of cultivating marijuana in the park and was sentenced to four years in prison. His wife, K.W., pled guilty to federal misdemeanor charges of possession of controlled substances. F.L.W. had faced a possible sentence of up to 60 years in prison and $60,000 in federal fines. The case against the couple began when an informant reported their activities in July, 1989. Fixed-wing overflights of the area in which the plants were reportedly being grown revealed a camouflaged greenhouse, and a surveillance operation was begun with the assistance of rangers from six Alaskan parks. A search warrant for the greenhouse was subsequently executed by a multiagency task force managed by the park's chief ranger. Although over 400 plants had originally been growing in the greenhouse, only 61 were found and seized. [CompuServe message from RAD/ARO, 6/24] 91-241 - Great Smokies (Tennessee/North Carolina) - MVA with Fatality D.S., 31, of various addresses in North Carolina, was killed in the early morning hours of June 21st when the car in which he was riding was involved in an accident near the tunnel on the Gatlinburg Spur. Alcohol was probably a contributing factor, and the female driver may be charged with driving under the influence. [Telephone report from Steve Alscher, RAD/SERO, 6/21] FIRE ACTIVITY 1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II 2) FIRE SUMMARY State Agency Area Fire 6/25 6/26 Status AK BLM/AK Tanana Zone B376 T2 4,000 7,702 None FWS Yukon Flats NWR B381 NR NR B384 250 NR None AK AK B356 2,040 6,000 None * B402 410 None Alaska also has 8 fires under modified suppression strategy for 2,056 acres and 35 fires under limited suppression for 25,536 acres. NM BLM Albuquerque Dist. Lava T2 320 540 None 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 * CN Contained * MN Being monitored * CL Controlled * None No estimate of containment * CS Confinement strategy 3) FIRE ACTIVITY SUMMARY Fires Acres 1991 (Year-to-date) 35,538 525,175 1990 (Year-to-date) 31,832 632,711 4) ANALYSIS - Slightly cooler temperatures and higher relative humidity have brought some relief to Alaska. Fire activity is increasing in the Southwest. 5) PROGNOSIS - Fire activity is expected to continue in Alaska and the Southwest and increase in California. [Fire Management Situation Report, NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0539 MDT, 6/26; NICC Daily Situation Report, 6/25] OPERATIONAL NOTES 1) Jim Lee has been selected to replace Butch Farabee as emergency services coordinator in Ranger Activities. Jim will be transferring from the Division of Training in WASO, where he was responsible for oversight of seasonal law enforcement training and cooperative education programs. Prior positions include site manager at Glen Echo, backcountry supervisor at Yosemite, and Valley shift supervisor at Yosemite. He will EOD on June 30th. [Dick Martin, RAD/WASO] STAFF STATUS Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled. Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Coffey and Sisto at rightsofway workshop, DOI, Washington, DC (6/24-6/28); Schamp on travel to Alaska (6/24-7/2); Marriott on drug operations review, Big Bend (6/24-6/27). Branch of Fire & Aviation: Bristol at VAX training session, Digital Corp., Englewood, Colorado (6/24-6/28); Botti at congressional liaison training session, WASO (6/23-6/29); Berg conducting audits at Big Cypress and Everglades (6/24-6/28); Gale on AL (6/24-6/25). 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) SEAdog: 1/650