High Fire Danger Prompts Fire Restrictions in Southeast Utah

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Current and forecasted weather conditions coupled with extremely dry conditions and heavy loading of vegetation throughout Southeast Utah have created hazardous fire conditions. As a result, as of, July 1, 2016, all State, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service lands and all unincorporated private lands in the following areas are under fire restrictions:
– State Lands and unincorporated private lands below 7000 feet in Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan counties
– BLM lands below 7000 feet located in south eastern Utah in Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan counties
– National Park Service including Canyonlands and Arches national parks plus Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments The restrictions will be in place until the fire hazard subsides.
Each agency has specific restriction orders that may contain different stipulations, but all the
orders have in common a prohibition of the following acts:
1. No campfires, except in permanently constructed cement or metal fire pits provided
in developed campgrounds and picnic areas.
2. 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 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 specific information including copies of the closure orders and maps showing the
restrictions and affected areas, please visit www.utahfireinfo.gov