The U.S. Forest Service has Stage 3 fire restrictions, but they’ve only been used once in Colorado

Fire danger lowers to ‘very high’ as Stage 2 fire restrictions remain in place

Summit County fire officials moved the fire danger rating from extreme to very high Thursday, July 23. Matt Benedict, division chief of wildfire and community preparedness with the Red, White & Blue Fire Protection District, wrote in an email that recent moisture influenced the decrease in fire danger rating but has not increased fuel moisture enough to justify lowering restrictions, which are currently set at Stage 2. Benedict explained that fi…

The U.S. Forest Service has Stage 3 fire restrictions, but they’ve only been used once in Colorado

The U.S. Forest Service has the ability to implement Stage 3 fire restrictions — which ban federal lands to all public entry — but has only done so once in Colorado. Amid a historic drought and extreme wildfire danger, Colorado mountain communities have spent weeks under Stage 2 fire restrictions, leading some to wonder whether another stage of restrictions could be on the table. “Stage 3 is a tool available if we are seeing significant complian…

DNR intensifies fire restrictions in the Arrowhead - The Timberjay

REGIONAL— Looking forward to a nice campfire at the cabin this weekend? Better put those plans on hold, according to the Minnesota DNR, which has announced Class IV fire restrictions in much of …

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Enacts Phase C Fire Restrictions

WALLOWA-WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST — Phase C public-use restrictions are now in effect across the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and will remain in place until further notice, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Effective July 23, campfires are prohibited throughout the forest. Only liquid or bottled gas stoves are allowed. Restrictions also prohibit operating internal combustion engines, except for motor vehicles, though generators equipped wit…