Mount Shasta Plantation Area Camping and Fire Restrictions

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Forest Order

USDA FOREST SERVICE
SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST FOREST ORDER NO. 14-25-08
MT. SHASTA PLANTATION AREA CAMPING AND FIRE RESTRICTIONS

Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(a) and to provide for public safety, the following acts are prohibited within the Shasta-McCloud Management Unit of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. This Order is effective from May 7, 2025, through May 7, 2026.

1. Camping within the Mount Shasta Plantation Closure Area described in Exhibit A and shown on Exhibit B, except within a developed recreation site.
   36 C.F.R. § 261.58(e).
2. Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or fire stove in the Mount Shasta Plantation Closure Area described in Exhibit A and shown on Exhibit B, except in a developed recreation site. 36 C.F.R. § 261.52(a).

Pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this Order:

1. Persons with Forest Service Permit No. FS-7700-48 (Permit for Use of Roads, Trails, or Areas Restricted by Regulation or Order), specifically exempting them from this Order.
2. Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or fire- fighting force in the performance of an official duty.
   These prohibitions are in addition to the general prohibitions found in 36 C.F.R. Part 261, Subpart A and all other orders issued pursuant to 36 C.F.R. Part 261, Subpart B.

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 U.S.C. § 551 and 18 U.S.C. §§ 3559, 3571, and 3581.
Executed at Redding, California, this 6th day of May 2025.

RACHEL A. BIRKEY
Forest Supervisor
Shasta-Trinity National Forest

Exhibit A

1. The Mount Shasta Plantation Closure Area encompasses all National Forest System lands within the boundary that begins at the northeast corner of Section 26, Township 41 N, Range 4 W, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian (MDBM),
2. then continues south along the eastern edge of the section line to its intersection with the northern edge of Section 1, Township 40 N, Range 4 W, MDBM,
3. then continues west along the northern edge of the section line to its intersection with the eastern edge of Section 2, Township 40 N, Range 4 W, MDBM,
4. then continues south along the eastern edge of the section line to its intersection with the northern edge of Section 12, Township 40 N, Range 4 W, MDBM,
5. then continues east along the section line to its intersection with the east edge of Section 12, Township 40 N, Range 3 W, MDBM,
6. then continues south along the eastern edge of the section line to its intersection with the northern edge of Section 18, Township 40 N, Range 3 W, MDBM,
7. then continues east along the section line to its intersection with the eastern edge of Section 18, Township 40 N, Range 3 W, MDBM,
8. then continues south along the section line to its intersection with the south edge of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Boundary, Section 18, Township 40 N, Range 3 W, MDBM,
9. then continues west along the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Boundary to its intersection with the eastern boundary of Section 25, Township 40 N, Range 3 W, MDBM,
10. then continues south along the section line to its intersection with the southern edge of Section 25, Township 40 N, Range 3 W, MDBM,
11. then continues west along the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Boundary to its intersection with Forest Road 41N18, Section 28, Township 41 N, Range 4 W, MDBM,
12. then continues east along Shasta-Trinity National Forest land ownership to its intersection with the northern edge of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Boundary, Section 28, Township 41 N, Range 4 W, MDBM,
13. then continues east along the northern edge of the section line back to the starting point, as shown on Exhibit B.

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