Shasta-Trinity issues Fire Restrictions on Moderate and High Hazard Fire Areas
Press release from Shasta-Trinity National Forest:
Shasta-Trinity National Forest [photo from fs.usda.gov]
Intense heat and dry conditions have led to an increase in fire activity across the region, effective July 12, 2024, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest has implemented fire restrictions in Moderate and High Fire Hazard Areas.
Below is a list of prohibited activities with the restrictions:
- Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire, except in the sites listed:
- Within a Developed Recreation Site listed in Exhibit A;
- Within a Designated Fire Safe Site listed in Exhibit B and shown on Exhibit C;
- Within 10 feet of Shasta Lake, Trinity Lake, or Iron Canyon Reservoir, and at least 50 feet from any vegetation.
- Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, within an open Developed Recreation Site listed in Exhibit C, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material.
- Welding, or operating an acetylene or other torch with an open flame. 36 C.F.R. § 261.52(i).
- Operating an internal combustion engine off National Forest System roads and trails, except boats on a water surface. 36 C.F.R. § 261.52(h).
The Forest Order is in effect through December 31,2024.
The decision to implement fire restrictions is largely due to rapidly increasing fire behavior indices including burning index and decreasing fuels moistures. Assessment factors include review of weather, fuel conditions, and large fire behavior potential, as well as fire suppression resource commitments and availability across the north state and region.
You can view the complete Forest Order Here including a map of the forest and a complete list of developed recreation and designated fire safe sites.
For more information please contact Forest Public Affairs Officer, Kimberly Hill at [email protected] or 209-768-0759
Note: This press release was edited after the original publication at the behest of the sender.
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It’s tough to hunt if you can’t discharge a firearm.
Bureaucrats making arbitrary rules.
It is much tougher to hunt within an wildland forest fire. Time for the old bow and arrow method friend.
I do hunt with a bow.
The restriction is through the end of the year which encompasses deer season. I assume the order will be rescinded with the fall rains, but this is a prime example of the Administrative State making arbitrary rules without the public having any recourse. Very much the antithesis to the sacred cow everyone moos about: Democracy.