Chainsaw
use prohibited and campfires allowed only in designated recreation sites
John
Day, Pendleton and Baker City, Ore. - Forest officials will implement Phase B Public Use Restrictions at 12:01 AM on Thursday, July 20, 2017, on
the Malheur, Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests due to high fire
danger, the potential for human caused fires, and concern for public
safety. The increased restrictions
pertain to the use of campfires, smoking, chainsaws, internal combustion
engines, and generators.
Beginning Thursday, campfires will ONLY be allowed in
designated campgrounds and recreation sites. Liquefied or bottled gas stoves
and heaters are allowed for cooking and heating. A list of designated
recreation sites is available on the forest’s websites.
Operating an internal combustion engine, such as a chainsaw,
is prohibited. The public is reminded that personal-use firewood cutting is
governed under current Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL)
restrictions. Current IFPL Levels are posted on the John Day
Interagency website at http://bicc-jdidc.org/jdidc/intelreport.shtml
and on the Blue Mountain Interagency website at http://bmidc.org/ifpls.shtml.
Generators will only be allowed in the center
of an area at least 10 feet in diameter that is cleared of all flammable
material, or; when fully contained within a pickup truck bed that is devoid of
all flammable material, or; when factory installed in a recreational vehicle
and the generator exhaust discharge is located in the center of an area at
least 10 feet in diameter that is cleared of all flammable material.
Smoking is only allowed within enclosed vehicles, buildings, and
developed recreation sites or when stopped in an area cleared of all flammable
material.
As a reminder, travel restrictions prohibit
motor vehicles traveling off of designated Forest roads and trails, except for
the purposes of going to or from campsites located within 300 feet of an open
road. Motorized travel on segments of road where access is blocked by gate,
barricade, log, boulder or earthen berm is also prohibited. Vehicles must still abide by all laws and
regulations pertaining to the area of travel.
Regulated closures are in effect on State
and private lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) in northeast
and central Oregon. Please check with your local Oregon
Department of Forestry office for public use restrictions on lands protected by
ODF. For more complete
information contact a local Oregon Department of Forestry office or visit one
of the interagency dispatch center’s webpages:
John Day Interagency Dispatch webpage: http://bicc-jdidc.org/index.shtml
Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch webpage: www.bmidc.org
Similar restrictions may be in effect on
State and private lands protected by the Washington Department of Natural
Resources (WA-DNR). More information can
be found on the WA-DNR website at: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/
For more
information and a list of designated recreation areas and campsites where
campfires are permitted during Phase B Public Use Restrictions, please contact:
Malheur National Forest:
Information
Hotline: John Day (541) 575-3000
Twitter:
@MalheurNF
Umatilla
National Forest:
Information
Hotline: Toll-Free (877) 958-9663
Twitter:
@UmatillaNF
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest:
Information
Hotlines: Baker City (541) 523-1234; La Grande (541) 962-8679; Joseph (541)
426-5552
Twitter:
@WallowaWhitman
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