Alerts & Notices
Know Before You Go
Check out safety tips, rules and key information to help you plan your visit.
Forest Orders, Closures and Notices
View all Forest Orders and Notices to see what restrictions may be in place.
- Alerts are temporary items of interest.
- Closures are temporary closures of roads, trails, or areas in the national forest or grasslands.
- Public Notices are permanent closures or bans.
Alerts
- Free Firewood Offered at McKelvie National Forest
Area(s): Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest, Steer Creek Campground
Date(s): Nov 19, 2021 - Nov 19, 2022
- COVID-19 Recreation Facility & Activity Status Update
Date(s): Apr 16, 2020
- If You Fly, We Can't
Date(s): Jul 12, 2017
Closures
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Critical
Whitetail Campground, OHV Trails Temporarily Closed due to 201 East Wildfire
Area(s): Nebraska National Forest at Halsey, Bessey Fish Pond, Bessey OHV Trail System, Bessey Recreation Complex and Campground, Charles E. Bessey Tree Nursery, Grouse Viewing Blinds - Bessey, Natick Campground, Scott Lookout Tower, Whitetail Campground
Date(s): May 23, 2022 - Jul 31, 2022