RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
MORNING REPORT
Attention: Directorate
Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
Ranger Activities Division Information Network
Day/Date: Monday, October 28, 1991
INCIDENTS
90-312 - Delaware Water Gap (New Jersey/Pennsylvania) - Follow-up on
Arrests
On September 11, 1990, R.B. and E.E. were arrested for
cultivation of over 140 marijuana plants in corn fields along Highway 209.
The pair were charged with cultivation of marijuana and conspiracy under 21
USC. During a subsequent joint NPS-FBI investigation, it was learned that
the two men were also connected with an interstate operation which was
manufacturing and distributing marijuana and other criminal activities. A
$60,000 aircraft flown by R.B. and E.E. to an airport near the
park was seized by the FBI and forfeiture procedures were initiated. The
two men subsequently entered guilty pleas in federal court to the marijuana
cultivation charge and recently received their sentences. R.B. was
sentenced to four years and nine months in prison, three years of
supervised probation, and a $10,000 fine. E.E. received five years
and three months in prison, three years supervised probation, and a $1,000
fine. E.E. is currently being investigated in another federal
district for other criminal activities. [CompuServe message from Robert
Wilson, LES, DEWA, 10/25]
91-582 - Grand Teton (Wyoming) - Follow-up on Search
The search for the Western Air Research aircraft with three persons aboard
continues. A small weather window opened on the 24th, which made it
possible to transport ground teams to the Mountain Creek area. Fixed-wing
aircraft and helicopters flew numerous missions over the search area.
Although no sign of the plane has yet been found, search areas are being
redefined and narrowed. Another 20 well-qualified ground searchers and
five dog teams were expected to join the search on the 25th. Snow was
falling in the area, and there was a likelihood that weather would remain
unsettled through the weekend. [Ed Christian, GRTE, via telefax from Jim
Reilly, RAD/RMRO, 10/25]
91-584 - Everglades (Florida) - Significant Incidents
Early in October, the park acquired the first 35,000 acres of the 107,000
within the area authorized for expansion under the Everglades National Park
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989. During the three weeks since those
lands were acquired, there have been 58 incidents in the new East
Everglades subdistrict. Of these, 28 involved persons shooting firearms
and ten were incidents in which boundary signs were destroyed by gunfire or
stolen (some within two hours of being installed). Other incidents
included the recovery of two stolen cars (one of them burned and the other
driven into a canal), campground disturbances, off-road travel, dumping of
trash, a fire, and a dead horse found in the middle of a road. [Telefax
from Mark Lewis, LES, EVER, 10/26]
FIRE ACTIVITY
1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level I
2) FIRE SUMMARY
State Agency Area Fire 10/27 10/28 Status
TN USFS Cherokee NF Little Pond Mt. - T2 150 210 CND
State - *Green Mt. - T2 300 250 NEC
KY USFS D. Boone NF Red Bird Comp - T2 - 1,000+ NEC
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
CL - Controlled MN - Being monitored
CS - Confinement strategy NEC - No estimate of containment
CN (date) - Expected date CND - Contained
of containment
3) ANALYSIS - Fire activity is increasing throughout the South. A Type II
incident management team was mobilized from the Eastern Area to the
Southern Area along with miscellaneous overhead, equipment and supplies
from other geographic areas.
4) PROGNOSIS - Activity is expected to continue in the South. No resource
shortages are expected.
[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530 MDT, 10/28]
OPERATIONAL NOTES
1) George Turnbull, chief of information management in WRO, lost his home
in the Oakland Hills fire. The WRO Employees Association is setting up an
emergency relief fund for George. If you would like to contribute to the
fund, please send your donation to Debbie Allen, Division of Rivers and
Trails, WRO. Checks should be made out to the WRO Employees Association.
Cards and notes for George can be sent to the Division of Information
Management. [Terry Wood, E&AA]
STAFF STATUS
Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.
Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Martin on oil spill review, PNRO,
Seattle, WA (10/28-10/31).
Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd at meeting of instructors for fire
management for agency administrators, Marana, AZ (10/28-11/1); Bristol at
InciNet committee meeting, Sacramento, CA (10/28-11/1); Norum at meeting of
prescribed fire analyst unit leaders and faculty, Denver, CO (10/29-10/31);
Clark serving as NPS representative at NWS advisory group meeting, Denver,
CO (10/30-11/1).
Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities
Telephone: All Offices - FTS 268-4874/6039 or 202-208-4874/6039
Telefax: Branch of R&VP - FTS 268-6756 or 202-208-6756
Branch of Fire - FTS 268-5977 or 202-208-5977
CompuServe: Branch of R&VP - WASO-RANGER
Branch of Fire - WASO-FIRE-WO
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