Public Use Restrictions
Due to High Fire Danger
These restrictions have been lifted for the
entire Forest.
The following are prohibited on
the Malheur National Forest and that portion of the Emigrant Ranger District
on the Ochoco National Forest:
Campfires,
Wood Stoves or Briquette Fires Not
Allowed except in designated
recreation sites. Liquefied
and bottle gas stoves and heaters may be used.
Use of Chainsaws, Generators, or other Internal Combustion Engines, other
then motor vehicles, except electrical generators
that are operated in areas that are barren or have been cleared of flammable
material at least 10 feet in diameter,
or are fully contained within a pickup truck bed that is devoid of all
flammable material. Factory installed electrical generators in recreational
vehicles may be operated when the exhaust discharge is located in the
center of an area at least 10 feet in diameter that is barren or cleared
of all flammable material.
Motorized
Travel Off Developed Forest Roads and Trails, except
for the purpose of going to and from a campsite located within 300
feet
of the open developed
road, provided the route is free of tall grass.
Motorized
Travel On Roads Closed by Gates, Barricades, Berms, Rocks or Logs.
Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle
or building, designated recreation site or
while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or
cleared
of all flammable material.
For more information on public-use restrictions on the National Forests
call Malheur National Forest, (541) 575-3000; Umatilla National Forest,
(541) 278-3716; Ochoco National Forest, (541) 416-6500 or Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest, (541) 523-6391.
To report a forest fire, call (541) 575-1321
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