UKIAH >> The Bureau of Land Management is implementing fire restrictions on public lands managed by the Ukiah Field Office in Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa, Yolo, Colusa, Glenn and Solano counties. The fire restrictions go into effect Wednesday, June 10, will remain in effect until further notice.
Field Office Manager Rich Burns said the restrictions are needed due to dry fuels and fire danger.
“A wildfire under these conditions could pose a serious threat to public land visitors and resources, and adjacent private lands and communities,” he said.
According to Burns, all campfires and barbeques are prohibited except within the following developed recreation areas: Cow Mountain (Buckhorn, Maycamas, Red Mountain, Sheldon Creek campgrounds); Indian Valley Reservoir (Blue Oak Campground); Knoxville (Lower Hunting Creek Campground) and Cache Creek (Cowboy Camp Lower Loop). Portable stoves with gas, jellied petroleum or pressured liquid fuel are authorized with a valid California campfire permit, but the public is asked to be extremely careful with their use and carry a shovel and water at all times.
Other restrictions include:
· Do not operate tools powered by internal combustion engines off established roads or trails.
· No motorized vehicles off established roads or trails.
· No shooting using incendiary, tracer, steel core or armor piercing ammunition or exploding targets.
· No fireworks, including “safe and sane” fireworks.
· No use of firewood materials containing nails, screws or other metal hardware.
The BLM advises homeowners to and keep 100 feet of clean, open space around their homes to provide defensible space and improve the chance that their homes and families can be saved in an uncontrolled wildfire.
