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Forest Alerts
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Forest Service Road 406 Closure
The purpose of this order is to ensure public safety due substantial road damage caused by the weather events in December 2025. The closure covers Hayden Lake Divide FSR 406 from the junction with FSR 1530 to the junction with FSR 437 (mile post 13.00-16.18). -
Forest Service Road 437 Closure
The purpose of this order is to ensure public safety during substantial road repairs causedby the weather events in December 2025. This temporary closure covers Hayden Creek Road FSR 437 from the gauging station/junction with FSR 206 to the junction with FSR 437Q/ Powerline Access Road (Mile post… -
Forest Service Road 1530 Closure
The purpose of this order is to ensure public safety due to substantial road failurescaused by the weather events in December 2025 along Sage Saddle FSR 1530, from the junction with FSR 437 to the junction with FSR 406 (mile post 0.00-3.90) -
Beauty Cedar Forest Service Road 1575 Closure
The purpose of this order is for public safety due to active logging operations with constant heavy truck and equipment traffic on the Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District and prohibits all methods of travel (i.e., foot, mechanized, motorized, and stock) on NFS Road 1575. -
Forest Service Roads 265, 422 and 911 Closure
The purpose of this order is for the protection of public and contractor safety during loghauling activities. We can expect more than 30 loaded log trucks per day leaving the two saleareas. -
Norton Trail Closure
The purpose of this order is for public and contractor safety due to trail maintenance activity and prohibits all methods of travel (foot, mechanized, motorized, and stock) on National Forest Trail 1900, beginning at the gate (milepost 2.78) and ending at milepost 5.2. -
Twentymile Leonia Forest Service Road 408 Closure
The purpose of this order is for public safety during repair operations on a washed-out section of NFS Road 408. -
Trail 16 Canyon Creek (Long Canyon) Closure
The purpose of this Order is for public and firefighter safety due to active fire suppression activities on Upper Smith fire burning in the area. -
Beehive Lake Trail #279 Closure
The purpose of this Order is to ensure public safety due to high burn severity from theSilver Fire. -
Little Elk Trail 32 is closed weekdays from Sept. 15 - Nov. 30, 2026
The Little Elk Trail 32 is closed in full on weekdays for public safety due to logging operations, from September 15, 2026 through November 30, 2026 (unless rescinded earlier). The trail is open on weekends and holidays. -
Heavy Truck Traffic on FS Road 209
Forests visitors are urged to use caution when traveling and recreating on Forest System Road 209, along the Little North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River. Two active timber sales in the area are hauling at least 50 loads per day, Monday through Friday. Hauling will occur primarily from early… -
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. This area is closed to mineral entry and no… -
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, to prevent resource damage to the restoration area from persons and/or vehicles, and to prevent damage and/or removal of… -
Trestle Creek Road / Forest Road 275 construction
Western Federal Lands and its General Contractor, MJ Hughes, will begin road construction work along Trestle Creek Road (Forest Road NF-275), between Mileposts 100.0 to 103.7, starting May 21, 2026 and running until November 5, 2026.   The road remains open to local traffic. During active… -
Canfield Mountain Fire Restrictions
The purpose of this order is for public and firefighter safety to mitigate human-caused wildfires in peak wildfire danger during Idaho’s “Closed Fire Season” -
Rose Lake Area Closure
The purpose of this order is to close the Rose Lake Informal Recreation Site beach areafor public health and safety, to protect the public from potential adverse effects causedby the presence of anomalously high levels of lead found across the area, in the soils,sand and dust. -
Emergency Road Closure Lightning Creek / Forest Road 419
The purpose of this order is for public safety due to road damage associated with flooding in theLightning Creek drainage and prohibits all motorized methods of travel on this portionNFSR 419. -
West Fork Eagle Creek/Forest Road 805
The purpose of this order is for public safety due to extensive flood damage on FSR 805 (West Fork Eagle Creek) on the Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District and prohibits any motorized methods of travel on FSR 805 beginning at the National Forest Boundary north to the intersection of FSR 805 (West… -
Emergency Road Closure Forest Road 225, Slate Creek
The purpose of this order is for public safety due to road damage associated with flooding in the Slate Creek drainage and prohibits all methods of travel (i.e., foot, mechanized, motorized, and stock) on the described portions of FSR 437, FSR 1530, and FSR 225. -
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.Contact Nira… -
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. -
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.Â