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Current Conditions: Fire Restrictions
Fire Restrictions Are In Effect
Fire restrictions are currently in effect on Tahoe National Forest lands. Restrictions limit or prohibit campfires, bbqs, and other solid fuel fires outside of developed campgrounds. Gas and liquid fuel stoves are permitted for use outside of developed sites with a valid California Campfire Permit, available at any of our Ranger Stations.

Please read Forest Order No. 17-06-04 for full information on fire restrictions.



Dooryard and industrial burn permits on private lands are governed by state law, and you should contact the California Division of Forestry and Fire Protection for permits.

Contractors working on projects on NF lands are governed by the regulations in their contract or permit.

from: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/tahoe/currentconditions/fire_restrictions.shtml










Order No. 17-06-04

Fire Restrictions

USDA Forest Service

Tahoe National Forest

Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50(a) and (b), and because of the fire danger, the following acts are prohibited within the Tahoe National Forest. This order is effective from July 25, 2006, through the end of the official 2006 fire season.

1. Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, charcoal fire, campfire, or stove fire, except within the stoves and fire rings provided in the recreation sites shown on Exhibit A. 36 CFR 261.52(a).

2. Possessing, discharging or using any kind of firework or other pyrotechnic device. 36 CFR 261.52(f).

3. Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, the recreation sites shown on Exhibit A, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material. 36 CFR 261.52(d).

4. Operating an internal combustion engine off National Forest System roads and trails, except for the Prosser Pit Developed Off-Highway Vehicle Area, and boats or dredges on a water surface. 36 CFR 261.52(h).

5. Welding, or operating an acetylene or other torch with an open flame. 36 CFR 261.52(i).

6. Using an explosive. 36 CFR 261.52(b).

Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this order:

1. Any Federal, State or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or fire fighting force in the performance of an official duty.

2. Persons with a permit from the Forest Service specifically authorizing the otherwise prohibited act or omission. Persons with a valid California Campfire permit are NOT exempt from the prohibitions listed above. However, persons with a valid California campfire permit may use a portable stove or lantern that uses gas, jellied petroleum or pressurized liquid fuel.

3. Persons with a valid 2006 Forest Products Removal Permit (firewood permit) from the Tahoe National Forest may cut firewood, provided that the cutting of firewood is done in compliance with the terms of the permit.

These prohibitions are in addition to the general prohibitions in 36 CFR Part 261, Subpart A.
Done at Nevada City, California, this 25th day of July, 2006.

__/s/ Steven T. Eubanks___________________________________

STEVEN T. EUBANKS

Forest Supervisor

A violation of these prohibitions is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 for an individual or $10,000 for an organization, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. 16 USC 551 and 18 USC 3559, 3571, and 3581.
ORDER No. 17-06-04
 
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#4 ·
Not OK to operate OFF system roads. Meaning, if you want to run that chainsaw, you take the risk of a ticket. Standard stuff really. Same for welding. If you have to, be safe and stay ON the road.
 
#5 ·
Thats all well and good but isn't the Rubicon in the El Dorado National Forest?

No restrictions there......yet
 
#6 ·
The Rubicon travels across the El Dorado NF, Tahoe NF and the Lake Tahoe Basin Mangement Unit.

I have a call in to the LEO for the TNF for her take on how the forest order was written and how she will enforce it in regard to OHV use on trails not currently recognized as a system roads.

I believe we are reading too much in to this forest order. As long as you stay on established roads and are not doing resource damage there should be no problems. Of course this is only my take on the situation.
 
#7 · (Edited)
Sorry, I forgot the sarcasm indicator. But for the majority of the folks doing the Rubicon it is the El Dorado Forest rules / restrictions that apply.

And yes, IMO, you're reading too much into it. These are the same fire restrictions that come out every year. Unless TNF has reclassified their roads this restriction is no different than last years or the year before, etc.

But it is still good to get the word out to people as a lot don't visit the Forest Service websites
 
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