2008 Mariposa County Telegraph Fire
June 18, 2015 - EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - Effective Saturday, June 20, the Bureau of Land Management is implementing fire restrictions on public lands managed by the Mother Lode Field Office. The fire restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.
BLM Fire Management Officer Jerry Martinez said the restrictions are needed due to unseasonably dry fuels and fire danger throughout Central California. "A wildfire under these conditions could pose a serious threat to public land visitors and resources, and adjacent private lands and communities," he said.
According to Martinez, all campfires and barbeques are limited to designated fire rings in designated campgrounds. Portable stoves with gas, jellied petroleum or pressured liquid fuel are authorized with a valid California campfire permit, but the public is asked to be extremely careful with their use and carry a shovel and water at all times.
Other restrictions include:
- Do not operate tools powered by internal combustion engines off established roads or trails.
- No smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, or at a designated developed recreation site, or other designated areas.
- No motorized vehicles off established roads or trails.
- No shooting using incendiary, tracer, steel core or armor piercing ammunition.
- No fireworks, including "safe and sane" fireworks.
The Mother Lode Field Office manages approximately 230,000 acres of public land in 14 Central California counties. Most of the acreage is within the historic Mother Lode region of the Sierra Nevada Range, from Yuba County (in the north), to Mariposa County (in the south).
For further information on the fire restrictions, contact the Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office at (916) 941-3101.
