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Forest Orders

Regional Foresters and Forest Supervisors may issue orders that will close or restrict the use of certain areas if the need arises. Such orders will be posted so that visitors to the National Forest can reasonably be expected to be familiar with them. Copies of the orders will be available in the offices of Forest Supervisors and District Rangers.

Listed below you will find links to Forest Orders that are relevant to the Lake Tahoe Basin. Please note: The documents listed below are in a PDF format that requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.

Angora

• Angora Hazard Tree Removal Project Closure Order Number 19-09-02 (PDF 552 KB)
• Angora Hazard Tree Removal Project Closure Order Number 19-09-1 (PDF 1,933 KB)
• Angora Hazard Tree Removal Project Closure Order Number 19-08-13 (PDF 956 KB)
• Angora Ridge Road Parking Prohibition Order Number 19-08-07 (PDF 220 KB)
• Termination of Angora Fire Closure (PDF 76 KB)
• Extended Angora Closure Order Number 19-07-04 (PDF 2,381 KB)
• Angora Closure Order Number 19-07-03 (PDF 811 KB)

Bicycles

• Bicycles Prohibited on Self-Guided Nature Trails and Within the Taylor Creek Marsh Order Number 19-90-119 (PDF 144 KB)
• Bicycle Trail Restrictions Order Number 19-88-112 (PDF 134 KB)

Camping

• Dispersed Camping; Order Number 19-06-02 (PDF 31 KB) 
  • Exhibit 1: Map of Dispersed Camping for the entire Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit  (PDF 940 KB)
  • Exhibit 2: Map for Dispersed Camping - Lake Tahoe's West Shore  (PDF 1,319 KB)
  • Exhibit 3: Map for Dispersed Camping - Lake Tahoe's East Shore  (PDF 753 KB)
  • Exhibit 4: Map for Dispersed Camping - Meiss Country  (PDF 636 KB)

Cave Rock

• Cave Rock Closure Becomes Permanent Order Number 19-08-01 (PDF 681 KB)
• Cave Rock Closure Order Number 19-05-01 (PDF 211 KB)

Desolation Wilderness

• Desolation Wilderness Area Restricted Use Order Number 19-99-02 (PDF 207 KB)
• Campfires Prohibited Within Desolation Wilderness Order Number 19-90-121 (PDF 316 KB)
• Pacific Southwest Region Wilderness Area Restrictions Order Number 92-1 (PDF 247 KB)

Fire Restrictions

• Fire Restriction in Effect as of Saturday, July 12, 2008 Order Number 19-08-09 (PDF 111 KB)
• Fire Restrictions in Effect Immediately Order Number 19-07-01 (PDF 42 KB)

Firearm Regulations

• Pope-Baldwin Recreational Areas Closures and Restrictions Order Number 19-86-99 (PDF 347 KB)

Grass Lake

• Special Biological Community Order Number 19-86-94 (PDF 292 KB)

Incline Lake

• Incline Lake Closure Area Order Number 19-08-10 (PDF 1,072 KB)

Metal Detectors

• Metal Detector Closure Order Number 19-89-118 (PDF 356 KB)

Meyers Landfill

• Meyers Landfill Area Closure for Scientific Investigation Order Number 19-97-06 (PDF 270 KB)

Nudity

• Public Nudity Order Number 19-86-98 (PDF 587 KB)

Parking

• Occupancy and Use in California Region Order Number 77-4 (PDF 138 KB)

Ward Canyon

• Closure Order for Ward Canyon Fuel Reduction Project Treatment Area 19-08-02 and 19-08-01 (PDF 1,578 KB)

Winter Vehicle Restrictions

• Winter Vehicle Restrictions; Order Number 19-08-12 (PDF 1,813 KB)

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