INCIDENTS

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Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (GA)
Arrest of Fugitive Wanted for Cruelty to Children

Ranger Steve Reynolds came upon an illegally-parked vehicle in the Sope Creek unit of the park on August 18th. Reynolds checked the registration and found that the vehicle belonged to Reverend A.A., Jr., who was wanted after being convicted of cruelty to children. A.A. is the pastor of the nearby House of Prayer, whose congregation believes in the public whipping of children, and was wanted by Fulton County for violation of his probation. Police had been seeking him since March of this year. Reynolds and ranger Dan Albus arrested A.A., then transported him to the North Fulton police station, where he was turned over to the Fulton County fugitive unit. The fugitive unit has been actively seeking A.A. for months. Media interest has been high.
[Submitted by Kevin Tillman, Supervisory Park Ranger]

Blue Ridge Parkway
Conviction for Malicious Wounding

R.M.S. was found guilty of malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in general district court in August County, Virginia, on August 26th. On August 24, 2002, R.M.S. shot Dana Swann at the parkway's Greenstone Overlook. R.M.S. wa sentenced to seven years in prison for the malicious wounding conviction and three years on the use of a firearm conviction. He was immediately remanded to the Augusta County Sheriff's Department to immediately begin serving his this sentence.
[Submitted by Bruce W. Bytnar, DR, Ridge District ]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways (MO)
River Enforcement Operation

As a result of increasing numbers of alcohol and drug-related disorderly conduct incidents on the Current River and subsequent visitor complaints over the course of the summer, rangers and Missouri Water Patrol officers saturated an 18-mile stretch of the 134 mile-long park on Saturday, August 16th. Six rangers in plain clothes, two uniformed rangers, and five Missouri Water Patrol officers worked the river from Cedargrove to Pulltite. Eighty-three violation notices were issued by rangers and 52 violation notices were issued by the MWP officers. Sixty-eight of these were for marijuana possession, with the others for minors in possession of alcohol, public urination, disorderly conduct, glass on the river, entering a closed area (Welch Cave), and misappropriation of property. One arrest was made for public intoxication. The successful saturation patrol elicited positive media coverage and favorable comments from park neighbors. Ranger Bill McKinney was IC.
[Submitted by Larry Johnson, Chief Ranger]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways (MO)
Attempted Suicide - Life Saved

During his morning trash pickup on July 28th, park maintenance worker Jack Ficker discovered a parked vehicle in the Tan-Vat area of the park that had its engine running and a hose from the tailpipe to the window. Ficker interrupted the suicide attempt and summoned assistance. The victim was transported by ambulance to a hospital in Salem, then transferred to a Creve Couer hospital for mental evaluation. A suicide note was found in the vehicle. The man told rangers that his wife was divorcing him. After receiving the news, he traveled from St. Louis to the Current River, his favorite place in the world, to commit suicide.
[Submitted by Larry Johnson, Chief Ranger]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (MI)
Drowning at South Manitou Island

On August 24th, ranger Nate Mazurek responded to Leelanau County emergency radio traffic regarding a possible scuba drowning at the Three Brothers shipwreck off South Manitou Island. The victim's family used their powerboat, which had been moored at the buoy at the shipwreck, to transport her to the South Manitou Island dock. When Mazurek arrived, two people were administering CPR to her on the floor of the boat. He immediately requested a Coast Guard helicopter for a medevac. Two visitors on the island — a paramedic and a registered nurse — came aboard and continued CPR. She was eventually moved to the dock, where an AED was employed. CPR was continued until the Coast Guard arrived and flew her to Munson Hospital, where she was declared dead. The Leelanau County Sheriff's Department is handling the investigation. Mazurek was assisted by maintenance workers Leroy Winters and Betsy Winters.
[Submitted by Bruce Cunningham]

FIRE MANAGEMENT

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Fire and Aviation Management
National Fire Report - Monday, September 8, 2003

Preparedness Level 5

Initial attack was heavy yesterday in northern California, but light elsewhere. Three of the 111 newly-reported fires became large fires — one in the Northwest and two in California.

Fire Danger

Day	8/24	9/1	9/2	9/3	9/4	9/8
Alaska	VX	--	--	--	--	--
Arizona	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
California	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Colorado	VX	--	--	VX	VX	--
Hawaii	VX	VX	VX	VX	--	VX
Idaho	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Minnesota	VX	--	--	--	--	--
Montana	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Nevada	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
New Mexico	--	--	VX	--	--	VX
North Dakota	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Oklahoma	VX	--	VX	--	--	VX
Oregon	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
South Dakota	VX	VX	VX	VX	--	VX
Texas	VX	--	VX	--	--	VX
Utah	--	--	--	--	--	VX
Washington	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Wyoming	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX

VX = Very high to extreme danger

Fire Weather Watches and Warnings

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH has been issued for very high fire dangers in the northern Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming due to increasing and shifting winds with increased thunderstorm activity.

National Resource Commitments

Day	8/23	8/24	9/1	9/2	9/3	9/4	9/8
Crews	588	570	471	470	406	327	568
Engines	1,139	1,112	773	793	690	668	1,153
Helicopters	161	199	162	161	159	148	221
Air Tankers	0	2	0	0	1	3	3
Overhead	5,607	6,006	4,350	4,416	4,144	3,827	4,663

National Team Commitments

Teams are listed alphabetically by type. New team commitments or changes in teams (as of this report) are indicated in bold face.

State	Type Team	Team IC	Fire/Location	Acres	Percent Contain	Est Full Contain
MT	ACT	Williams-Rhodes	Flathead NF/Glacier NP Fires	---	---	---
MT	ACT	Ribar	Montana Fires	---	---	---
OR	T1	Anderson	B&B Complex Deschutes NF	90,367	50	UNK
MT	T1	Cable	Robert Fire Flathead NF/Glacier NP	57,056	60	10/1
MT	T1	Cable	Middle Fork Complex Glacier NP	10,800	5	10/1
MT	T1	Cable	Rampage Complex Glacier NP	22,406	0	10/1
MT	T1 T2	Cable Saleen	Trapper Creek Complex Glacier NP	19,150	45	10/1
MT	T1	Frye	Myrtle Creek Fire Idaho Panhandle NF	3,400	10	UNK
MT	T1	Mortier	Blackfoot Lake Complex Flathead NF	27,482	14	9/30
MT	T1	Stam	Fish Creek Complex Lolo NF	36,855	60	9/28
CA	T1	Vail	Grindstone Complex Mendocino NF	2,029	NR	UNK
WA	T2	Berndt/ Andring	Needle Fire Okanogan/Wenatchee NF	15,000	0	UNK
MT	T2	Broyles	Mineral/Primm Fire State Lands	25,202	65	9/20
ID	T2	Brunner	Beaver Lake Complex Clearwater NF	14,621	52	UNK
MT	T2	Chrisman	Crazy Horse Fire Flathead NF	11,300	80	9/15
CA	T2	Domanski	Bridge Fire San Bernadino NF	1,352	35	UNK
WA	T2	Halloway/ Reed	Maple Fire Okanogan/Wenatchee NF	877	0	UNK
MT	T2	Hoff	Lincoln Complex Helena NF	39,604	77	10/1
WA	T2	Johnson	Bulldog Fire State Lands	411	80	9/9
MT	T2	Kechter	Cooney Ridge Fire State Lands	25,100	70	10/15
CA	T2	McElwain/ Perkins/ Paul	Dome Complex Mendocino NF	350	45	9/9
OR	T2	Morcom	Bull Springs Fire Umatilla NF	1,475	5	UNK
MT	T2	Saleen	Wedge Canyon Fire Flathead NF	51,200	87	9/15
CA	T2	Sczepanik	Smokehouse Complex Mendocino NF	1,200	20	9/12
MT	T2	Walker	Rathbone Fire Gallatin NF
CA	T2	Wendt	Cod Complex Tahoe NF	830	80	UNK
ID	FUM	Cones	Cayuse Lake Complex Clearwater NF	15,385	N/A	N/A
ID	FUM	Cones	Clear/Nez Complex Clearwater NF	11,411	N/A	N/A
MT	FUM	Cook	Brundage Fire Gallatin NF	1,790	0	UNK
MT	FUM	Rath	Little Salmon Creek Wildland Fire Complex	43,000	0	UNK
MT	FUM	Rath	Little Salmon Creek Fire Use Complex	33,400	N/A	N/A

PARK FIRE SITUATION

Glacier NP

Williams-Rhodes' area command team is responsible for coordinating management of the Robert Fire, Trapper Creek Complex and Wedge Canyon Complex. Cable's Type 1 IMT is managing the Robert Fire, Middle Fork Complex, Trapper Creek Complex, Beta Lake — Doris Ridge Complex and the Rampage Complex. Saleen's Type 2 IMT is managing the Wedge Canyon Complex.

Within the complexes, there are ten fires burning for a total of 107,409 acres.  A cold front with high winds was expected to significantly increase fire activity yesterday afternoon. The storm was expected to contain a small amount of precipitation, but not enough to suppress the fires. Suppression priorities are to prevent fire from crossing the Middle Fork of the Flathead River and to diminish the threat to structures in Pinnacle and Essex; to stop the westerly spread of the Belton Fire towards West Glacier; and to keep the Rampage Complex from spotting over the Continental Divide. 

• Robert Fire — The fire is 56,830 acres and 70% contained. It remains in patrol and mop-up status. Helicopters are making water drops to cool several hot spots. Mop up continued up to 300 feet from the fire's edge. Strong winds will continue to push the fire away from the Lake McDonald area.  The winds may have the potential to push the fire over Stanton Mountain towards the "Going to the Sun Road."
• Wedge Canyon Complex — The Wedge Fire is 52,032 acres and 81% contained. Firefighters have been working very hard to construct and reinforce the fire line in the Trail Creek Drainage and in Big and Round Prairies to be prepared for the forecasted wind events over the next several days. Structure protection remains in place. There currently are no road closures on this fire.
• Rampage Complex — The Rampage Complex is 20,871 acres with 0% containment. It consists of the Riverview 1 (44 acres), Riverview 2 (360 acres) and the Double Mountain (20,467 acres) Fires. On Saturday, the fire was very active in the northeast corner. The Riverview 1 and 2 Fires merged together. Sunday's winds were expected to push the fire away from the communities of Essex and Pinnacle. Long-range spotting over the Continental Divide is not expected, as the thin cold air mass will not carry the hot embers. All backcountry trails and the backcountry campground at Upper Two Medicine and Two Medicine Lakes have been closed because of potential fire danger. The Fish Creek, Avalanche and Big Creek Campgrounds remain closed.
• Trapper Creek Complex — The Trapper Creek Complex is 29,807 acres with 45% containment. The Trapper Creek fire has burned 19,107 acres and 45% contained. The fire continues to be active on the southwest corner and is being monitored.
• Middle Fork Complex — The Middle Fork Complex is 10,601 acres with 5% containment. It includes the Belton (952 acres), and the Center — Harrison (9,649 acres) Fires. The Belton Fire was active Saturday on Belton Ridge. The Center — Harrison Fire made a push towards Harrison Lake and into the Nyack Drainage. Afternoon winds are expected to push the Belton and Center — Harrison Fires upslope, up canyon towards the northeast.

Redwood N&SP

• Redwood Complex — Storms started 13 new fires over the weekend, all within the Redwood Creek watershed southeast of Orick. The LBJ I and LBJ II fires are in the vicinity of Lady Bird Johnson Grove along Bald Hills Road. LBJ 1 is contained; crews are staffing the LBJ 2 Fire. The Gans 1, 2, 3 and 4 Fires are all below Gans Prairie, eight miles up the Bald Hills Road from Highway 101.The fires are burning in an old-growth redwood forest. Crews are putting line around them today.The Elk Fire is located below Elk Camp Prairie, 10 miles up the Bald Hills Road from Highway 101. It has been controlled and crews are patrolling and monitoring the burn. The Lyons Fire below the historical Lyons Ranch, 18 miles up Bald Hills Road from Highway 101, is contained and being monitored. The Bridge Ridge Fire (50 acres) has been lined and crews are mopping up. The 44 Creek Fire (two acres) is being worked by a crew. The McDonald Creek Fire (five acres) has been lined and crews are mopping up.The Bond Creek and Lost Fires have not been located as of yet.

Lava Beds NM

• Yellow Fire — Air tankers and ground crews aggressively worked the 100-acre Yellow Fire on Saturday night and Sunday. The fire is on the Modoc NF and is burning near the park boundary.

Yellowstone NP

The East Entrance Road is now open 24 hours a day, with no stopping along a 16-mile stretch of the road. Highway 191 is opened 24 hours a day with pilot escorts from 8AM to 8 PM. Backcountry trails currently closed due to fire activity include the Turbid Lake, Jones Pass, Ninemile, Avalanche Peak, Pelican Valley to Mist Pass, Pitchstone Plateau, Beula Lake and Union Falls Trails, and the west ends of Bighorn, Fawn Pass, Fan Creek, Sportsman Lake, Daly, and Black Butte trails.

• East Fire Complex — A Type 3 IMT is managing the incident. The fire has burned about 23,500 acres and is 90% contained. Both fires received significant rainfall on Saturday, with .37" recorded at the Lake maintenance area, and reported cooler temperatures and cloudy weather yesterday. Demobilization of aviation resources continued on Sunday. The weather forecast continues to be favorable, with a chance of more rain showers predicted. The East Fire has burned approximately 18,052 acres and will be monitored for growth from the air until a season-ending weather event. Crews continued rehab efforts in Cub Creek, removed structure protection equipment from the East Entrance, mopped up, and cleared trails.
• Rathbone Fire — The fire has burned 3,010 acres and is 95% contained. Crews have completed the line around the fire. Walker's Type 2 IMT is managing the fire.
• Grizzly Fire — The fire has burned approximately 4,458 acres. Crews are continuing efforts to mop up.
• Union Fire — The fire has burned 768 acres and continues to be monitored from the air.

Sequoia/Kings Canyon NPs

• Williams Fire — The fire is approximately 952 acres. The Saguaro fire use module is monitoring it. Trail closures remain in effect. Fire managers from the National Park Service and the Forest Service are working together to manage the Williams Fire.
• Giant Fire — The fire, which has burned 63 acres, is burning to the north and is being monitoring daily because of high visitation in that area. There are two trail closures in effect near the Giant Fire: the Huckleberry Meadow Trail between the Alta Trail and Squatter's Cabin, and the Alta Trail between Soldier's Trail and the bedrock mortars.
• West Kern Fire —The fire has burned 260 acres in a very remote area at about 8,000 ft. elevation northwest of the Kern Canyon Ranger Station. It will be monitored by air.
• The park has also been making good efforts in suppressing 8 of the 15 fires from this week's storms. Seven of these small fires, located in remote areas of the parks, are being managed as wildland fire use fires.

Mount Rainier NP

• Mt. Rainier Complex — Fires in the complex have burned 352 acres and are 18% contained. The complex consists of three fires — the Panther fire (contained at 56 acres) is smoldering in 500 year old old-growth, with 2-3 foot duff layers; Chenuis fire contained at 1 acre, and the Redstone Fire (296 acres) burning in mature timber with heavy down woody material interspersed with rock openings. This fire is being managed under a confinement strategy using natural barriers to check the fire's spread. The park received rain and cooler temperatures over the weekend, so activity will decrease unless the fuels dry out. The Northern Loop Trail is closed between the Carbon River and the West Fork of the White River. An area closure is in effect beginning north of the Wonderland Trail to the northern park boundary between Carbon River and the West Fork of the White River. The Wonderland Trail remains open.

North Cascades NP

The cold front that was forecasted moved into the area on Saturday afternoon and has brought cooler temperatures and higher humidity to the area. Rain has been recorded in most locations. Periods of rain are expected to continue into next week. On Saturday night, lookouts reported lightning activity, with some apparent new fire starts. These reports are unconfirmed until detection flights are possible.

• NOCA Complex — The No Name and Big Beaver Fires in the North Cascades Complex continued to be active on Saturday, with some torching and spotting observed from lookouts and aerial observation. Both fires were actively burning throughout the evening. The eight Wildland Fire Use fires in the NOCA Complex have now burned 1,709 acres, mostly in remote areas with natural barriers to fire spread, such as rocky cliffs. Two fires are active — the No Name Fire (54 acres) may have crossed the ridge and has the potential for significant growth, and the Big Beaver Fire has burned 1,428 acres. After reaching a trigger point, helicopter water drops were made to strengthen the natural fuel break. Both of these fires are burning within a 98,000-acre MMA west of Ross Lake and north of the Skagit River.The Big Beaver Trail remains closed because of concerns about long range spotting.
• Mineral Park Fire — Fire activity on the Mineral Park Fire in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie NF continues to impact the park with smoke. About 3,600 acres of fire are being managed through a modified suppression strategy. One fire is threatening the closure of a park road, but all roads in the park complex remain open for visitor use.

Yosemite NP

The park has a number of fires burning, all but one complex small:

• Kibbie Complex — The Kibbie Complex grew to 1750 acres, with fire activity being moderate on Sunday. This complex experienced most of its growth when the Kibbie South Fire was pushed by wind 150 acres upslope into the SOK Fire. The two fires are now being called the South-SOK Fire. This fire is reaching areas of rock and old burn areas on all flanks but the southwest, so the growth rates experienced over the last few days should slow down. Crews are locating containment lines should air quality impacts occur. Agreement is still in place to share this fire across agency boundaries.The trail between the Kibbie Lake Junction, (East of Kibbie Lake near its entrance to Yosemite National Park) and Styx Pass (near its exit of Yosemite National park) along the Kibbie Ridge, and the trail between Lake Eleanor and Kibbie Lake are closed because of fire activity in the area.

NOTE: Further details are provided on several fires via direct submissions from the parks. See following entries.

North Cascades National Park (WA)
North Cascades National Park Service Complex (Wildland Fire,Wildland Fire Use)

Fire personnel continue to monitor eight, lightning-caused fires in the park. The current most active fire is Big Beaver. These fires are burning in remote, fire use areas with natural barriers to fire spread, and are being allowed to play their natural role in the ecosystem. An ninth fire, Colonial, which is 0.25 acre in size, is being suppressed due to its location near visitor services. (full report)
Big Beaver and No Name remain our most active fires. The main Big Beaver (1,973 acres) fire and its associated spot fire from 08/31 have merged as one fire. No Name (513 acres) has been growing steadily as well. All wildfire use fires are within designated Maximum Management Areas.
Status
A seven-mile section of the Big Beaver trail from its beginning at Ross Lake, extending northwest to the National Park/ Recreation Area Boundary near the mouth of McMillan Creek remains closed.
Acreage: North Cascades National Park Complex: 2,711 Total Acres North Unit fires: Big Beaver (1,973 acres), No Name (513 acres) Skymo Ridge (.25 acres) South Unit fires: Tricouni (204 acres), Klawatti (20 acres), Little Devil (.5 acre), Marble Creek (.1 acre), Hidden Lake Peak (.5 acre)
Resources Committed: Aircraft: 3 helicopters; Personnel: NPS=5, USFS=2, WA Dept. of Natural Resources=4
Estimated containment date: unknown[Submitted by Michelle Fidler, michelle_fidler@nps.gov, 360-873-4590 x7193]

Glacier National Park
Wedge Canyon Complex (Wedge Canyon Fire and Wolf Gun Fire) (Wildland Fire,External Fire)

Over 50% of the fire is located in Glacier National Park, while the other portion is on the Flathead National Forest. Steep terrain, thick trees as well as dead and down trees challenge firefighters on the fire. The Wolf Gun Fire is the other active part of the Wedge Canyon Complex. It is currently in patrol status, though it is a suppression fire. (full report)
The heavy daily smoke inversion continued over the fire area until very late in the afternoon. The daylong inversion continued to slow firefighter efforts by keeping helicopter support on the ground. In the Trail Creek area, crews made good progress in the direct attack on the fire. Safety zones and escape routes were developed and line construction is mostly complete. Some burn out of unburned areas will be completed today. Extremely heavy timber with abundant dead trees and downed logs on steep and rugged terrain are the current control problems in this area. In the southeast portion, the fire has crossed Akokala Creek and is backing across the flats to the southeast, towards Numa ridge. Burnout operations in the remainder of the southeast area of the fire should be completed today or tomorrow. On the remainder of the fire, crews made excellent progress as they continued to mop-up and attack hotspots. Crews are being cautious due to the heat in the interior and the potential for a re-burn in the previously burned area. The north end of the fire near Kintla Lake is in a mop up and patrol status.
Status
Camas Creek Road is closed from both directions; North Fork Road is closed beyond Polebridge community.
Acreage: 51,249 acres.
Resources Committed:

• 300 Firefighters (crews)
• 9 Helicopters
• 29 Engines
• 691 Total Personnel

Estimated containment date: September 15, 2003[Submitted by Tina Boehle, tina_boehle@nps.gov, 801-413-0525]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

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Servicewide Training
Weekly Listing of Operations Training Opportunities

Operations Training Calendar

This calendar appears every Monday as an addendum to the Morning Report and a separate entry for InsideNPS. It is not meant to be replace the Learning Place; rather it is a quick summary of available training with links (as available) to relevant Learning Place pages. Please note:

• New and revised entries are in bold face.
• Submissions for other training courses should conform to the style used here.
• Please include the URL to the web sites where readers can obtain the requisite forms and/or find out additional information about the training course. If a URL is not specifically listed, the announcement can likely be found on the Learning Place, the NPS training page found at http://www.nps.gov/training/announcements/index.doc.
• Closing dates for applications are underscored.

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September

September 8 — September 12: High Angle Rope Rescue, New River Gorge NR, WV. This class is designed for the beginner and intermediate rescue technician and is the same class that was originally scheduled for May but which had to be cancelled due to the ongoing detail assignments. It will focus on a solid basic foundation and extend into raising and lowering victims. Climbing experience is not required. However, students will be spending time hanging on a fixed line in an exposed environment. Camping and showers will be provided. Everyone is encouraged to camp with the group at the Burnwood Ranger Station. All students should bring their own rescue gear, including harness, helmet, carabiners, and rappel/ascending device. A complete equipment list will be provided. Efforts will be made to arrange an Upper Gauley River trip on Saturday, September 13th, for all those students who would like the unique experience of rafting that river. Please respond by email to the following course coordinators if you would like to attend. rob_turan@nps.gov, or david_finch@nps.gov. [Gary Hartley, NERI]

September 22 — September 26: Crisis Management Program, FLETC, Glynco, GA. The objective of this program is to teach participants how to develop contingency plans for emergency or crisis situations utilizing the ICS model. Students will participate in numerous contingency planning exercises. Applicants must be senior enforcement officers, investigators or supervisors with contingency planning responsibilities. For further information, contact Wiley Golden at 912-267-2246. [Wiley Golden, NPS/FLETC]

October

October 6 — October 10: Law Enforcement Rifle Training (LERTP-401), FLETC, Glynco, GA. For a copy of the announcement, go to http://www.nps.gov/training/announcements/index.doc. The announcement closes on September 9th. [Wiley Golden, NPS/FLETC]

October 15 — February 18: Basic Law Enforcement Training (NPRI-401), FL:ETC, Glynco, GA. Basic training for park rangers to qualify for permanent NPS commissions. For a copy of the announcement, go to http://www.nps.gov/training/announcements/index.doc. The announcement closes on September 10th. [Wiley Golden, NPS/FLETC]

October 20 — October 31: Physical Security Training (PSTP-401), FLETC, Glynco, GA. For a copy of the announcement, go to http://www.nps.gov/training/announcements/index.doc. The announcement closes on September 18th. [Wiley Golden, NPS/FLETC]

October 20 — October 31: Physical Fitness Coordinator Training (PFCTP-401), FLETC, Glynco, GA. For a copy of the announcement, go to http://www.nps.gov/training/announcements/index.doc. The announcement closes on September 18th. [Wiley Golden, NPS/FLETC]

October 21 — October 30: Police Bicycle Training (PBTP-401), FLETC, Glynco, GA. For a copy of the announcement, go to http://www.nps.gov/training/announcements/index.doc. The announcement closes on September 18th. [Wiley Golden, NPS/FLETC]

November

November 3 — November 6: Annual LE Refresher Training for Supervisors, Asheville, NC. The chief rangers of Shenandoah, Great Smokies and Blue Ridge, working with the NPS office at FLETC, are offering a refresher program designed to assist first and second line supervisors in providing leadership in law enforcement. A total of 28 creditable hours will be offered. For a copy of the announcement, go to http://www.nps.gov/training/announcements/index.doc. The announcement closes on October 1st. [Wiley Golden, NPS/FLETC]

November 4 — November 13: Criminal Investigator Training (CITP-405X), FLETC, Glynco, GA. For a copy of the announcement, go to http://www.nps.gov/training/announcements/index.doc. The announcement closes on September 23rd. [Wiley Golden, NPS/FLETC]

November 19 — March 23: Basic LE Training (NPRI-402), FLETC, Glynco, GA. For a copy of the announcement, go to http://www.nps.gov/training/announcements/index.doc. The announcement closes on October 16th. [Wiley Golden, NPS/FLETC]

PARKS AND PEOPLE

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Everglades National Park (FL)
GS-12 District Ranger

The park is recruiting for a GS-12 district ranger for the Flamingo District. The person in this law enforcement 6c covered position directly supervises one GS-11 supervisory park ranger and six GS-9 protection rangers. He/she is responsible for all matters concerning law enforcement, criminal investigations, search and rescue, structural fire suppression, emergency medical services, resource management, fee collection, campground management, visitor recreation management, and employee and visitor safety within the district. The Flamingo District encompasses approximately 350,000 acres, and is the largest and most complex of the districts in the park. Flamingo, Florida Bay and Whitewater Bay are major scenic attractions and primary destinations for visitors. The district is comprised of mainly wilderness but also is home to the park's largest developed area. Approximately 700,000 visitors travel through the district annually. The Flamingo developed area consists of a concessions lodge and cottages, a restaurant, gift store, marina store, gas station, visitor center, ranger station, and a 300-site campground. There are 30 miles of road, 34 miles of trail systems, 117 miles of marked canoe trails, 24 backcountry campsites, and five picnic areas. The park's largest housing development is at Flamingo. The district is extensively used for boating, fishing and other recreation. There is an 81 slip marina at Flamingo with two launch ramps and separate marina facilities for Florida Bay and Whitewater Bay. There is intensive fishing use by visitors and local Miami area residents in world-renowned waters. There is extensive backcountry use, both day hiking and overnight camping, especially during the winter season. The Flamingo District maintains a structural fire brigade and staffs the parks structural fire engine housed at the Flamingo maintenance yard. The district also staffs the park's ambulance, which is housed there, and has an active water-based search and rescue program. The park responds to numerous requests from the public and the Coast Guard for assistance with disabled, missing, or overdue boats. Rangers are actively involved in several resource protection projects, including a sea turtle predator mitigation project and an on-going exotic plant removal project. These projects, as well as others, have been very successful over the last few years, primarily due to ranger support.
[Submitted by Bill Wright, Chief Ranger]

George Washington Birthplace National Monument (VA)
Passing of John Davy

Retired ranger John Davy passed away on the night of Monday, August 25th.John was a long-time interpreter at George Washington Birthplace NM. He served as the lead costumed interpreter for nearly two decades and was always a delight to visitors. After retiring, he returned to the park and logged over 4,000 volunteer hours, demonstrating blacksmithing for school groups and the general public. A gathering of family and friends was held on Saturday, August 30th. The service was held at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Fredericksburg. Cards mayn be sent to the Davy family at 14 Lord Fairfax Drive, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22405.
[Submitted by Steven McCoy, Chief of Visitor Services]

Submission standards for the Morning Report can be found on the left side of the front page of InsideNPS. All reports should be submitted via email to Bill Halainen at Delaware Water Gap NRA, with a copy to your regional office and a copy to Dennis Burnett in Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO.

Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.