Upper Colorado River Fire Restrictions

The fire prevention order GJ-12-01 for the BLM Grand Junction Field Office becomes effective at 12:01 a.m., May 24, 2012 and will remain in force until rescinded.

The fire prevention order CRV-12-01 for the BLM Colorado River Valley Field Office becomes effective at 12:01 a.m., May 24, 2012 and will remain in force until rescinded.

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USFS Fire Restrictions

Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50a, the following is prohibited on each National Forest or National Grassland in the Rocky Mountain Region in the states of Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Kansas:

National Forest National Grassland
Arapaho & Roosevelt Pawnee
Bighorn Thunder Basin
Black Hills Buffalo Gap
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison Fort Pierre
Medicine Bow & Routt Oglala
Nebraska & Samuel R. McKelvie Cimarron
Pike & San Isabel Comanche
Rio Grande
San Juan
Shoshone
White River

Forest Service CFR prohibiting possession/discharging fireworks or pyrotechnic devices
36 CFR 261.52(f)

Subpart B: Prohibitions in Areas Designated by Order

261.52 - Fire.

When provided by an order, the following are prohibited:

(a) Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire.

(b) Using an explosive.

(d) Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material.

(e) Going into or being upon an area.

(f) Possessing, discharging or using any kind of firework or other pyrotechnic device.

(g) Entering an area without any firefighting tool prescribed by the order.

(h) Operating an internal combustion engine.

(i) Welding, or operating an acetylene or other torch with open flame.

(j) Operating or using any internal or external combustion engine without a spark arresting device properly installed, maintained and in effective working order meeting either:

(1) Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Standard 5100-1a; or

(2) Appropriate Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) recommended practice J335(b) and J350(a).

(k) Violating any state law specified in the order concerning burning, fires or which is for the purpose of preventing, or restricting the spread of fires.

[42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977; 42 FR 24739, May 16, 1977; as amended at 42 FR 35959, July 13, 1977; 46 FR 33521, June 30, 1981]