Sierra National Forest - File photo
Credit: U.S. Forest Service

Update 11:20 A.M.: Inyo National Forest: Most campgrounds close for the winter, but Lone Pine, Lower Grays, & Bitterbrush are open under winter operations. With the blizzard and road closures., the campgrounds will re-open when our staff can safely do so.

January 28, 2021 - VALLEJO, Calif.—The USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region canceled the remaining developed campground closures on National Forests.

Regional Orders 21-1 and 21-3 are linked within. The Pacific Southwest Region’s eighteen National Forests align with the state of California’s zones as follows:

• Southern – San Bernardino, Los Padres, Cleveland, Angeles, Inyo National Forests
  
  
• Northern – Mendocino, Modoc, Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity, Klamath, Lassen National Forests
  
  
• San Joaquin – Stanislaus, Sierra, Sequoia National Forests
  
  
• Greater Sacramento – Eldorado, Tahoe, Plumas National Forests, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU).

The Forest Service manages 18 National Forests in the Pacific Southwest Region, which encompasses over 20 million acres across California, and assists State and Private forest landowners in California, Hawaii and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands. National forests supply 50 percent of the water in California and form the watershed of most major aqueducts and more than 2,400 reservoirs throughout the state. For more information, visit www.fs.usda.gov/R5.
Source: USDA Forest Service