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Forest Alerts

  • Lightning Creek Fire Road and Trail Closure

    The purpose of this Order is for public and firefighter safety due to wildfire activity in the
    Lightning Creek area and prohibits all methods of travel on the sections of NFSR 419 and
    489 as noted above.

    Alert Start Date: August 16th, 2025
    Forest Order: #01-04-06-25-005
  • Sunset Fire Area Closure

    The purpose of this Order is for public and firefighter safety due to wildfire activity in the Sunset Fire
    area and prohibits all methods of travel (i.e. foot, mechanized, motorized, and stock) on NFS lands,
    roads and trails within the described area.

    Alert Start Date: August 16th, 2025
    Forest Order: #01-04-06-25-004
  • Forest Road 260 Closure, Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District

    The purpose of this order is for public safety due to timber harvest activity on the Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District and prohibits all methods of travel (i.e., foot, mechanized, motorized, and stock) on NFS Road 260.

    Alert Start Date: August 2nd, 2025
    Forest Order: #01-04-03-25-007
  • Ridge Creek Roadside Fire Salvage

    The purpose of this order is to close approximately 3.52 miles of the Forest Service Road 1530 for the protection of public and contractor safety during roadside logging activities.

    Alert Start Date: July 25th, 2025
    Forest Order: #01-04-03-25-004
  • Bunco Road Closure

    The purpose of this order is for the protection of public and contractor safety during log hauling activities. More than 60 loaded log trucks per day are expected leaving the two sale areas.

    Alert Start Date: July 23rd, 2025
    Forest Order: #01-04-03-25-001
  • Forest Road 1017, Sandpoint Ranger District

    This closure is for public and contractor safety during the implementation of the Conjecture Dam-Weber Mine EPA/Forest Service joint CERCLA removal action project during which there will be heavy machinery and equipment traffic present on the road.

    Alert Start Date: July 7th, 2025
    Forest Order: #01-04-06-25-001
  • Catspur Creek Garnet Site Road and Area Closure

    The purpose of this Order is to close the Catspur garnet unauthorized dig area and access road FSR-361A, a 1.2-mile-long road, to protect public health and safety, as well as resource/property protection, including a rare area of geologic interest.

    Alert Start Date: June 20th, 2025
    Forest Order: #01-04-04-25-004
  • Emerald Creek Campground Closure

    Emerald Creek Campground has extensive hazard trees within the campground and is
    currently unsafe to open for forest visitors. Campground will remain closed to the public
    until hazard trees can be mitigated.

    Alert Start Date: June 19th, 2025
    Forest Order: #01-04-04-25-003
  • Road 506 / Trail 15 Closure

    This order temporarily closes the Route of the Hiawatha Trail at nights during the summer and from September 21 to October 31 to allow for maintenance work.

    Alert Start Date: June 1st, 2025
    Forest Order: #01-04-04-25-002
  • Occupancy and Use Order for Camping on IPNF

    Establishes that camping in any one campground or campsite is limited to a total of 14 days during any 30-day period [36 CFR 261.58(a)]. 

    Alert Start Date: May 20th, 2025
    Forest Order: #01-04-00-25-002
  • Idamont (Boulder Cemetery) Forest Road 4402

    The purpose of this order is to protect public safety due to washed-out sections of road creating an unsafe narrow road surface, not passable for standard highway vehicle traffic on NFS road 4402.

    Alert Start Date: April 15th, 2025
    Forest Order: #1-04-07-25-001
  • Abandoned Mines Area Closure

    This order is in place for public safety and prohibits going into any abandoned underground opening, including but not limited to, mine adits, drifts, tunnels, caves and shafts that are the result of past mining activities within the forest boundaries as identified on the attached map.

    Alert Start Date: April 15th, 2025
    Forest Order: #1-04-00-25-001
  • Beauty Cedar Road 1575 Closure

    This order temporarily closes Forest Service Road 1575 above Beauty Bay on the Coeur d'Alene River Ranger Districtt due to active logging operations with constant heavy truck and equipment traffic.

    Alert Start Date: November 12th, 2024
    Forest Order: #01-04-03-24-012
  • IPNF Glass Container Restrictions

    This order prohibits possessing, using, or depositing glass containers in certain beaches, day use areas, and along certain rivers and bodies of water for the protection of public health and safety and for environmental concerns. 

    Alert Start Date: September 10th, 2024
    Forest Order: #01-04-00-24-002
  • Rose Lake Informal Recreational Area Closure

    The purpose of this order is to close the 22-acre Rose Lake Informal Recreation Site to protect people from the potentially adverse effects caused by the presence of anomalously high levels of lead in the soils, sand, and dust. 

    Alert Start Date: September 1st, 2024
    Forest Order: #01-04-03-24-006
  • Idaho Panhandle Seasonal Food Storage Order

    Food storage requirements on portions of the Bonners Ferry, Priest Lake and Sandpoint Ranger Districts from April 1 to December 1 every year. 

    The order requires appropriate food storage practices to reduce the potential for human-wildlife conflicts. 

    Alert Start Date: July 15th, 2024
    Forest Order: #01-04-00-24-001
  • Hudlow Meadows Restoration Project Area Closure

    The purpose of this order is to ensure the safety of contract personnel and the public
    during heavy equipment operations associated with stream and meadow restoration
    activities at Hudlow Meadow, to prevent resource damage to the restoration area from persons and/or

    Alert Start Date: July 8th, 2024
    Forest Order: #01-04-03-24-003
  • Solo Creek Quartz Dig Site Closure

    This order closes the 5-acre Solo Creek quartz site to protect the public from adverse effects caused by years of unauthorized quartz crystal mining until the site hazards can be managed and the site rehabilitated.

    Alert Start Date: October 23rd, 2023
    Forest Order: # 01-04-08-24-002