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Land management agencies to implement additional
Stage 1 fire restrictions in Central and
Northern Idaho |
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July 7, 2015 |
With the threat of wildfire danger increasing
rapidly throughout many parts of northern and
central Idaho, local land management agencies
will implement additional Stage 1 Fire
Restrictions inclusive of all land in the Coeur
d’Alene and Grangeville Dispatch areas and Zone
4 of the Payette Dispatch area beginning at
11:59 p.m. on July 7, 2015.
Boundary County is included in the area
that is under these restrictions. See below.
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions will remain in effect
until further notice. These restrictions are
being implemented by agencies managing or
providing wildland fire protection to public
lands in the area, including the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Clearwater Potlatch Timber
Protective Association (CPTPA), the Coeur
d’Alene Tribe, Idaho Department of Lands (IDL),
the Nez Perce Tribe, the U.S. Forest Service
(USFS), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS). Fire restrictions are intended to
decrease the chance of any preventable fires in
the designated areas.Stage I restrictions will
be in effect in the following areas: (For a
detailed map showing all Idaho Fire Restriction
Areas, please visit:
http://idahofireinfo.blogspot.com/p/fire-restrictions.html)
Coeur d’Alene Fire
Restrictions Area, All Zones: All lands located
in Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai,
Shoshone, Benewah, and Latah Counties.
Grangeville Fire
Restrictions Area, Zone 1 and 2: All of Nez
Perce, Clearwater, and Lewis Counties. Those
portions of Idaho County that are north of the
Salmon River (east of Riggins), west of Highway
95 (south of Riggins) and are not federal lands
designated as wilderness. That portion of Adams
County that lies within the Hells Canyon
National Recreation Area.
Payette Fire Restrictions
Area, Zone 4 ONLY: (see map for detail)
All state, private, and BLM
managed land (except that located within
National Forest System boundaries) south of the
main Salmon River to Smokey Boulder road.
Here's what you can't do
Under the Stage 1 Fire Restrictions, the
following acts are prohibited on the restricted
state and federally managed or protected lands,
roads and trails:
Building, maintaining,
attending or using a fire, campfire or stove
fire except within a designated recreation site,
or on their own land, and only within an
owner-provided structure.
Smoking, except within an
enclosed vehicle, building, or designated
recreation site, or while stopped in an area at
least three feet in diameter that is barren or
cleared of all flammable materials.
Exceptions
The following are exemptions to the Stage 1 Fire
Restrictions:
Persons with a written
permit that specifically authorizes the
otherwise prohibited act.
Persons using fire fueled
solely by liquid petroleum or LPG fuels. Such
devices, including propane campfires, may be
used only in an area cleared of flammable
material.
Persons conducting
activities in those designated areas where the
activity is specifically authorized by written
posted notice.
Any federal, state or local
officer or member of an organized rescue or
firefighting force in the performance of an
official duty.
All land within a city
boundary is exempted.
Other exemptions unique to
each agency.
With the extreme temperatures the region is
experiencing, fire managers are asking the
public to be extra cautious when spending time
in the outdoors. Idahoans are also reminded that
fireworks are prohibited on forest and range
lands in Idaho during closed fire season (May 10
through October 20).
Please visit
http://idahofireinfo.blogspot.com for
current information regarding fire restrictions
or contact the local land management office.
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