Monument Fire - Firefighters scratch line
Credit: USFS

August 18, 2021 - REDDING, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management has temporarily closed public lands in Trinity County to protect public safety from the encroaching Monument Fire.  The closure is in effect until further notice.

Areas affected are BLM-managed public lands west of Glennison Gap and Democrat Gulch Road, north of California State Highway 3 and Hayfork, east of the North Fork Trinity River and Ewing Reservoir, and south of Barney Gulch.

The emergency closure order can be viewed at https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/docs/2021-08/ClosureOrder_DouglasCity_Aug2021_508.pdf.

More information is available by telephoning the BLM Redding Field Office, 530-224-2100.
Source: BLM