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Southern Nevada Fire Restrictions Lifted October 1

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Bureau of Land Management

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Southern Nevada District Office

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LAS VEGAS - Wildland fire officials will lessen seasonal fire restrictions on public lands in Southern Nevada managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Clark County and Moapa Valley Fire District on October 1, 2021, by lifting the Stage I Fire Restrictions that include:

  • Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, charcoal BBQ or stove fire (except a portable stove using gas, jellied petroleum or pressurized liquid fuel).
  • Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle.
  • Welding, or operating an acetylene torch with open flames, except by permit.

The Bureau of Land Management, Clark County and Moapa Valley Fire District will continue with year-round fire restrictions including:

  • Possessing, discharging, using, or allowing the use of fireworks, pyrotechnic or incendiary devices.
  • Possessing, discharging, igniting, or causing to burn; explosives or explosive material, including binary explosive targets.
  • Discharging a firearm using tracer, incendiary, or steel-component ammunition. [Use of tracer or incendiary ammunition are always prohibited on public lands].   
  • Operating or using any internal or external combustion engine without a spark arresting devise properly installed, maintained and in effective working order. (43 CFR 8343.1(c)).

Lake Mead National Recreation Area will be lifting all seasonal fire restrictions beginning October 1, 2021. However, the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, the Nevada Division of Forestry and Nevada State Parks remain under full fire restrictions.  

For more information on these restrictions or others, go to https://www.nevadafireinfo.org/restrictions-and-closures

 

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