Fire Restrictions Issued for Public Lands in Eastern Washington

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Fire Restrictions Issued for Public Lands in Eastern Washington

The following press releases was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management on July 21. It is reproduced in full below.

Spokane, WA - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District has issued a fire restrictions order. The fire restrictions order includes prohibiting the building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, including charcoal briquette fires, except when contained within provided metal rings.

The temporary ban will take effect July 22 at 12:01 a.m. in the following counties: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima.

In addition to prohibiting some campfires, restrictions on the use of off-road vehicles, and smoking are also prohibited on public lands administered by the BLM and the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in eastern Washington. A complete fire restriction order is attached to this release and can be found online at https://www.blm.gov/orwafire.

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

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