BOULDER CITY, NEVADA - Due to increasingly high temperatures, low humidity, and dry vegetation, the Bureau of Reclamation is immediately implementing fire restrictions to help reduce the risk of wildfires on Reclamation lands in Imperial and Riverside counties in California, and in support of Bureau of Land Management fire restrictions issued on April 29.
These fire restrictions prohibit:
• Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, a campfire or charcoal stove (except within the approved fire pits or grills provided in developed recreation sites). Operating a portable stove using gas, jellied petroleum or pressurized liquid fuel is allowed, but should be used with care.
• Welding or operating an acetylene torch with open flames (except by permit).
• Using, or causing to be used, any explosive, except by permit. Use of all fireworks (including Safe and Sane) is prohibited.
• Possession and/or use of tracer rounds, steel-jacket ammunition, explosive targets or any other incendiary device.
• Operating a motor vehicle or combustion engine equipment without a spark arrestor.
• Smoking is allowed in an enclosed vehicle only.
In addition, Reclamation supports Bureau of Land Management Fire Prevention Order CA910-2020-001; therefore, the greater restriction is in effect.
Violation of these restrictions can result in a fine, imprisonment for up to 6 months or both.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
