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Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Fire Restrictions 03-28-2025
Big Ridge Fire
Publication Type: Closures - 03/28/2025 - 09:05
FIRE RESTRICTIONS
Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50 (a) and (b), for the protection of the public and natural resources, the following act or omission is prohibited on all lands and waters that comprise the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Georgia. The provisions shall remain in effect from March 27, 2025, through June 30, 2025, or until terminated by an authorized Forest Service official, whichever occurs first.
Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire or campfire (including charcoal-based fire whether contained in a grill or not).
36 CFR 261.52(a)
Possessing, discharging, or using any kind of firework or other pyrotechnic device. 36 CFR 261.52(f).
Note: Commercially available fuel stoves (camp stoves) are excluded from this restriction.
Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this Order:
1.Persons with a permit specifically authorizing the otherwise prohibited act or omission.
2.Any Federal, State or Local Law Enforcement Officer or member of an organized rescue or fire fighting force in the performance of an official duty.
These prohibitions are in addition to the general prohibitions in 36 CFR Part 261, Subpart A. Executed in Gainesville, Georgia, this 27th day of March 2025.