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Closure Order – Portion of a Park Area: Under the authority provided to the Superintendent in 36 CFR 1.5, the following park area administered by the National Park Service within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks is closed to public access, effective at 0100 hours on August 18, 2024, until rescinded: 1. From the intersection of the East Fork of the Kaweah River with the West Boundary of the park to the junction with the East Fork and Horse Creek; to the junction of Horse Creek and Whitman Creek; to the hill elevation 9307 WNW of Summit Meadow; to the northwestern corner of the Dillonwood Expansion; along the park boundary to the point of beginning.

Action: Pursuant to Section 303 (a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 [43 U.S.C. 1733 (a)], 43 CFR 8360.0-7, 43 CFR 8364.1 to 43 CFR 9268.3 and 43 CFR 8364.1, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hereby provides notice that effective immediately, the public lands described below are closed to all forms of public access. This closure is for public and wildland firefighter safety, in relation to the Coffee Pot Fire and management of that incident. Affected Area: Case Mountain Extensive Recreation Management Area, which is approximately 20,000 acres of BLM-managed public land located near the town of Three Rivers, in Tulare County, south of State Route 198. This closure includes the Kaweah Area of Critical Environmental Concern and the Milk Ranch Peak Wilderness Study Area.

Full orders attached.