BLM Announces Interagency Fire Restrictions in Eastern Utah
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Current and forecasted weather conditions coupled with extremely dry conditions and heavy loading of vegetation throughout eastern Utah have created hazardous fire conditions. As a result, on Thursday June 29, 2017, all State, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and National Park Service lands and all unincorporated private lands in the following areas are under fire restrictions:
- State Lands and unincorporated private lands in Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Uintah, Duchesne, and Daggett counties
- BLM lands located in eastern Utah in Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Uintah, Duchesne, and Daggett counties
- National Park Service including Canyonlands, and Arches National Parks and Dinosaur, Natural Bridges, and Hovenweep National Monuments
- Bureau of Indian Affairs including all Ute Indian Tribe lands located within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation
The restrictions will be in place until the fire hazard subsides. Maps and more specific information about the fire restrictions may be found on the interagency Utah Fire Info website.
The restriction orders are specific to each agency and may contain different stipulations, but all the orders have in common a prohibition of the following acts:
- No campfires, except in permanently constructed cement or metal fire pits provided in developed campgrounds and picnic areas.
- No smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area that is paved, barren, or cleared to mineral soil.
In addition, metal cutting, welding and grinding activities in areas of dry vegetation as well as discharging, or using any kind of fireworks, firing steel tipped/core ammunition, tracer ammunition or other pyrotechnic devices including exploding targets are prohibited on BLM and State/Private Unincorporated lands.
These restrictions do not apply to the Manti-La Sal and Ashley National Forest Service lands or lands within incorporated towns and cities; however, each municipality may have similar or more restrictive ordinances. Questions about specific areas should be directed to local authorities.
For more information about fire restrictions, wildfires, fire prevention, and fuels treatment projects, please visit www.utahfireinfo.gov.
For further information about the project, contact the Lisa Bryant at (435) 259-2187. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 during normal business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The BLM will reply during normal business hours.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.