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Umatilla National Forest is currently under Phase B Public Use Restrictions. 

NOTICE

PUBLIC-USE RESTRICTIONS
Due to HIGH Fire Danger, Phase B Public-Use Restrictions are in effect as of July 16, 2024 on the Umatilla National Forest:

Call: 1-877-958-9663 for more IFPL and public use restriction information

Campfires, Wood Stoves or Briquette Fires Are Not Allowed. Liquefied and bottle gas stoves and heaters may be used. Campfires are only allowed in the provided fire pits at the following designated campgrounds and recreation sites:

Pomeroy Ranger District 

 Alder Thicket Campground

  Big Springs Campground

 Boundary Campground

 Clearwater Big House Cabin Rental
 Clearwater Lookout Cabin Rental
 Godman Guard Station Cabin Rental

 Godman Campground
 Ladybug Campground
 Midway Campground
 Misery Spring Campground 

 Panjab Campground

 Pataha Campground

 Stentz Springs, Rose Springs, Slickear and Little Turkey Tail Summer Homes Tract
 Teal Spring Campground
 Tucannon Campground
 Wickiup Campground
 Tucannon Guard Station Rental 

 Wenatchee Guard Station Rental
 Rose Springs Sno-Park
 Elk Flat, Meadow Creek, Panjab, Three Forks, and Timothy Trailheads

North Fork John Day R.D.

 Bear Wallow Campground 

 Big Creek MeadowsCampground
 Driftwood Campground
 Frazier Campground
 Gold Dredge Campground 

 North Fork John DayCampground
 Olive Lake Campground
 Oriental Campground
 Winom Creek Campground  Fremont Cabin Rentals

(metal or brick fire rings only)

Heppner R.D.

 Bull Prairie Campground

Walla Walla Ranger District

 Jubilee Lake Campground
 Mottet Campground
 Target Meadows Campground
 Woodland Campground
 Woodward Campground
 Approved campfire pits in Spout Springs and Tollgate Summer Homes Tract

 Fry Meadows Cabin
 Summit Guard Station

Wood burning stoves equipped with a chimney that is at least five (5) feet in length with a spark-arresting screen are also allowed only in the above designated campgrounds and recreation sites.

Use of Chainsaws or other Internal Combustion Engines (other than a motor vehicle) are not allowed unless under contract/permit in which case the operator must follow the conditions of the permit. Generators will only be allowed when located in an area cleared 5 feet of all flammable material and equipped with an approved spark arrestor.

Traveling Off Developed Forest Roads and Trails is not allowed, except for the purpose of going to and from a dispersed campsite located within 300 feet of the open developed road. All motorized travel on roads not cleared of standing grass or other flammable material, roads closed by gates, barricades, berms, rocks, or logs is prohibited.

No Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, developed recreation site or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material.

With tinder dry forest fuels and high daytime temperatures, conditions are prime for potential human-caused forest fires. We ask that you be extremely careful when out on the forest. For more information on public-use restrictions, contact your local Forest Service office or visit our websites:

http://bmidc.org/restrictions.shtml / www.fs.usda.gov/umatilla / www.facebook.com/UmatillaNF

To report a forest fire, call 911