Due to a forecast of continuing dry and warm conditions, the Arapaho National Forest’s Sulphur Ranger District is joining its federal and local partners in Grand County in enacting Stage 1 fire restrictions effective at noon Wednesday, June 16. Stage 1 fire restrictions limit where and what type of fires visitors can have and remain in place until rescinded.
“Much of Grand County is experiencing extreme to exceptional drought conditions,” said Cody Peel, Fire and Aviation Staff Officer for the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland. “Vegetation across the Grand County is rapidly drying out and the fire danger indices are already where they were was when last year’s historic fires occurred.”
The following is PROHIBITED under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions:
* Igniting, building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire (including fires fueled by charcoal or briquettes) outside of a permanent metal or concrete fire pit or grate that the Forest Service has installed and maintained at its developed recreation sites (campgrounds and picnic areas)
Be sure to visit the Arapaho National Forest’s Know Before You Go page to see fire restriction orders and maps. Fire managers will continue to monitor conditions across the rest of the Forests and Grassland and the need for further fire restrictions.
“Along the Front Range, conditions are changing quickly," Peel added. "The incredibly hot weather and drying vegetation will allow fires to start easily, spread quickly, and be difficult and dangerous for our firefighters to suppress. I’m asking everyone to be vigilant in preventing any new fires.”
Jeff
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