RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

Attention: Directorate
           Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
           Ranger Activities Division Information Network

Day/Date:	 Wednesday, November 20, 1991

INCIDENTS

91-625 - Buffalo (Arkansas) - Poaching

On the afternoon of November 17th, rangers received a report of a dead elk 
in the Erbie area and investigated along with an officer from the Arkansas 
Game and Fish Commission.  The carcass of a bull elk was found and a bullet 
was retrieved from the remains.  Following an investigation by the two 
agencies, a 21-year-old resident of Harrison, Arkansas, was arrested at his 
work place and charged with illegally taking the elk.  He is currently 
being held in a county jail on a $5,000 bond.  The elk was part of a herd 
of Rocky Mountain elk introduced into the area outside the park between 
1981 and 1985.  Arkansas' native species, the Eastern elk, was extirpated 
from the state by the 1840's and is now considered extinct.  The current 
Rocky Mountain elk population in Arkansas is estimated at between 150 and 
200 animals, almost all of them ranging within the upper and middle 
portions of the park.  [John Apel, Acting CR, BUFF, via CompuServe message 
from Lori Serrano, RAD/SWRO, 11/19] 

91-626 - Great Smokies (Tennessee/North Carolina) - Employee Suicide

G.W., 48, the secretary for the assistant chief ranger in 
Tennessee, committed suicide at her home on the afternoon of November 18th.  
Williamson was separated from her husband, had attempted suicide on three 
prior occasions, and was under psychiatric care at the time of her death.  
She leaves three children and a grandchild.  G.W. had worked for the 
park for about four years.  The funeral will take place tomorrow morning in 
Newport, Tennessee.  [Jason Houck, CR, GRSM, via telefax from Steve Alscher, 
LES, RAD/SERO, 11/19]

91-627 - San Juan (Puerto Rico) - Assault on Visitor

J.D.-H. was assaulted by an unidentified 18 to 20-year-old male 
as he was driving out of the El Morro parking lot exit near Santa Elena 
Road on the morning of November 16th.  The assailant tried to open the 
vehicle's door, but was initially unable to do so because of J.D.-H.'
resistance.  The assailant then struck him in the face through 
the car's open window, opened the door, and attempted to drag him from the 
vehicle while pulling what appeared to be a pipe from his pocket.  J.D.-H.
accelerated and pulled away from his assailant, who ran down 
Santa Elena Road and disappeared.  Rangers Culkin, Matos and Weltzin 
provided first aid until an ambulance arrived at the scene.  J.D.-H.
was taken to a local hospital, where he was treated for hematomas and 
bruises to his face and stomach, then released.  An investigation is 
underway.  [Telefax from Bill Springer, RAD/SERO, 11/19]

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady on annual leave (11/18-11/22).

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Martin instructing at safety for 
line managers course, Beckley, WV (11/18-11/20); Kreis at regional fee 
coordinator meeting, WASO (11/19-11/22).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Norum at meeting of prescribed fire and fire 
effects working team, Charleston, WV (11/17-11/22); Gale serving as 
incident commander for 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, U.S.S. Arizona 
Memorial, HI (11/25-12/9); Botti at Western Region FMO meeting, Yosemite, 
CA (11/18-11/22); Broyles at training working team meeting, White River, AZ 
(11/7-11/22).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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