Campfire Restrictions (Stage 2) Effective on Wild Portion of Lower Rogue River Beginning July 17
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Bureau of Land Management, Medford District
USDA Forest Service, Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest
Oregon Department of Forestry, Southwest Oregon District
SW Oregon - As the weather continues to trend towards warming and drying, officials with the Bureau of Land Management Medford District, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest and Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest Oregon District are prohibiting campfire use on those lands located within the boundaries of the Wild section of the Rogue National Wild and Scenic River. The Wild section flows from Grave Creek to the mouth of Watson Creek.
Effective 12:01 a.m. on Monday, July 17, 2023, building, maintaining, attending, or use of a fire is not permitted. Commercially produced pressurized liquid or gas stoves are allowed. Cooking areas are to be naturally free of vegetation. Each group must have a shovel and bucket. Additionally, smoking is only permitted while on watercraft on waterways, or on vegetation-free sand and gravel bars located between the river and high water mark.
The BLM administers the stretch of the river between Grave Creek and Marial, which is protected from fire by ODF Southwest. The Forest Service manages from Marial and downriver to the mouth of Watson Creek.
Additional fire restrictions will be put in place as fire season progresses, and will remain in effect through November 30, 2023, unless conditions allow them to be rescinded sooner.
BLM fire restrictions can be found at: https://www.blm.gov/orwafire.
The RRSNF website has the full Order at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1122772.pdf.
The RRSNF and the BLM Medford District will also move to Extreme Fire Danger effective 12:01 a.m. on Monday, July 17, 2023.
Interested in more information regarding fire safety notifications and regulations on public lands in southwest Oregon? Helpful sites include:
- The RRSNF Alerts and Notices page
- The BLM OR/WA Fire Restrictions Page
- Follow the BLM, RRSNF and ODF on Facebook
- The SW Oregon ODF blog.
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