The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office has implemented fire restrictions in Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, and Las Animas counties.
According to BLM’s website, Stage 1 Fire Restrictions prohibit the following acts:
- The building, maintaining, attending or using a fire or campfire except within agency-provided fire grates at developed recreation sites. However, devices using gas, jellied petroleum, or pressurized liquid fuel are permitted.
- Smoking, except in an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable materials.
- Operating a chainsaw without a USDA or SAE approved spark arrestor properly installed and working, a chemical fire extinguisher of not less than 8 ounces capacity by weight, and one round point shovel with an overall length of at least 36 inches.
- Using a welder, either arc or gas, or operating acetylene or other torches with an open flame, except in cleared areas of at least 10 feet in diameter with a chemical pressurized fire extinguisher of not less than 8 ounces capacity.
- Using exploding targets.
Bureau of Land Management (Logo courtesy the BLM)
“Fire danger has been increasing as temperatures have been warm, precipitation has been limited, and vegetation has been drying quickly,” said Royal Gorge Field Office Manager Keith Berger. “These fire restrictions are intended to reduce the chance of preventable fires on BLM-managed lands in these counties.”
For more information, visit the BLM’s website.
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