BLM Lifts Whitewater Canyon Closures

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in cooperation with CalFire, is lifting the closure of more than 4,000 acres of public land in Whitewater Canyon northwest of Palm Springs, effective Nov. 21.  The canyon has been closed to the public to help protect the canyon’s valued landscape from potential wildfires.  However, cooler weather and recent rains have greatly reduced the potential for wildfires.

Information about Whitewater Canyon can be found on BLM’s Palm Springs/South Coast Field Office website, http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/palmsprings.html, or by calling (760) 833-7100.

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