BLM lifts emergency fire area closures on public lands in Pinedale area

BLM lifts emergency fire area closures on public lands in Pinedale area

The following press releases was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management on Oct. 5, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

PINEDALE, Wyo. - On Oct. 3, The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lifted the temporary emergency fire area closures for all public lands managed by the BLM Pinedale Field Office. The temporary fire emergency closure went into effect Sept. 21 in an effort to protect the public and assist ongoing Roosevelt firefighting operations in the area.

Contact Caleb Hiner, Pinedale Field Office Manager, at (307) 367-5302 for more information about the affected areas. Please note that the U.S. Forest Service still has some closures in place. For more information about BLM Wyoming, please visit https://www.blm.gov/wyoming.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

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