RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

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

Day/date:  Friday, October 4, 1991

INCIDENTS

91-538 - Jefferson National Expansion (Missouri) - Drug Arrest

On October 3rd, ranger Chris Cessna observed a half-smoked 
marijuana joint in plain view inside a parked car in the public 
parking lot.  Cessna and ranger Todd Roeder waited for the owner 
to return, then stopped him when he entered the vehicle and 
started to leave.  A search of the vehicle incident to the 
driver's arrest led to the discovery of a fully loaded 9 mm 
semi-automatic handgun within reach of the driver and substantial 
amounts of cash and cocaine.  Rangers subsequently met with 
representatives from the U.S. Attorney's Office and members of 
the multi-agency drug task force in the subject's home town and 
agreed not to press charges in return for the subject's full 
cooperation with the task force, including provision of in-depth 
information on drug activities for the next six months.  The 
weapon was seized and will become the property of the government.  
The drugs will be destroyed.  [Deryl Stone, CR, JEFF, via 
CompuServe message from Rich Murphy, LES, RAD/MWRO, 10/3]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Theodore Roosevelt (North Dakota) - Wild Horse Reduction

On October 1st and 2nd, a wild horse roundup was conducted in 
the park's South Unit.  Two helicopters and twelve riders 
rounded up 93 of the park's 114 wild horses.  Of these, 53 will 
be sold at auction; the remainder were released back into the 
park.  This reduction, the first since 1986, has received 
widespread publicity due to claims that the park horses are a 
separate breed that descended from Sitting Bull's ponies, a 
premise disputed by area ranchers.  A bill to make the so called 
"Mokota horse" found in the park the state horse failed in the 
North Dakota legislature last year.  Attempts to halt the 
roundup through the state's Congressional delegation and the 
governor's office were not successful.  Due to the controversy, 
representatives from both the Humane Societies of North Dakota 
and the U.S. were present for the entire roundup.  Two horses 
were lost due to injury.  The park took blood from 77 animals 
for genetic typing at the University of Kentucky.  The culling 
process eliminated animals introduced in recent years with the 
goal of preserving traditional bloodlines.  [Telefax from Sara 
Koenig, RMS, THRO, 10/3]

Alaska Regional Office (Anchorage) - Urban Grizzly

Although this incident did not occur within the jurisdiction of 
the NPS, ARO sent it along as an item of interest.  On October 
1st, morning traffic reports on the radio began with warnings of 
a freeroaming, thousandpound grizzly in midtown Anchorage.  
Despite hours of intensive pursuit by city police past school 
yards, through residential streets and down bike paths, the bear 
was able to elude his wouldbe capturers and at last report was 
only blocks from the regional office building.  The bear was 
reportedly heading north at the time, and sirens could be heard 
as the pursuit continued.  Only in Alaska....

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady at California state ranger conference, 
Sacramento, CA (10/2-10/4).

Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Kreis at reservation 
system postaward conference, Reston, VA (10/2-10/3).

Branch of Fire & Aviation: Broyles at NPS regional safety 
officer meeting, Omaha, NE (9/29-10/3); Norum chairing 
interagency task group on prescribed fire complexity, Denver, CO 
(10/1-10/5).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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