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Forest Enters Temporary Fire Restrictions June 30, 2024

Fire restrictions prohibit campfires in non-developed areas, welding, operating an internal combustion engine except on a National Forest System road or trail and smoking. Visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/sierra for more information.

Due to drying vegetation and rising daytime temperatures, conditions now necessitate the implementation of fire restrictions.

Fire restrictions are determined using several criteria, including two key metrics: the Energy Release Component (ERC) and the Burning Index (BI). The ERC measures the potential energy available to a fire, indicating the amount of heat that would be released if a fire burned the available fuel. It accounts for the moisture content of both live and dead vegetation, providing a comprehensive measure of landscape dryness and flammability. The BI estimates the difficulty of controlling a fire, combining potential energy release and fire spread rate into a single value.

When thresholds for these metrics, along with factors like vegetation moisture content, weather forecasts, human risk factors, and firefighting resource availability, are met, fire restrictions are implemented.

Date(s): Jun 29, 2024 - Nov 15, 2024. 

Forest Order No. 05-15-00-24-14 Sierra National Forest Fire Restrictions

Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(a), and to provide for public safety and protect natural resources, the following acts are prohibited within the Sierra National Forest.  This Order is effective from June 30, 2024, through November 15, 2024. 

To view Forest Order 05-15-00-24-14: Click Here

To view Wilderness Fire Restriction Forest Order 05-15-00-24-09: Click Here