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Stay informed and plan ahead by checking the alerts below before visiting the Umpqua National Forest.
Critical danger may be present. Please take all precautions and recommendations to avoid harm.
The USFS initiates restrictions or temporary public land closures to reduce the risk of wildfires and protect the public.
A notification or warning that may impede normal planned recreational activities. Caution warnings indicate possible or impending danger or may otherwise result in an unpleasant or unsafe situation while recreating on the forest.
While generally not dangerous in nature, informational alerts identify situations that could affect visitor plans or be of importance or concern or to the general public.
This Order describes acts that are prohibited upon lands, roads and trails within the National Forest System administered by the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region in regards to alcoholic beverages.
Explosives and exploding targets are prohibited upon areas, roads and trails within the National Forest System administered by the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region as described in the Order.
Operating a vehicle in violation of the speed, load, weight, height, length, width or other limitations specified by the Order is prohibited upon lands, roads and trails within the National Forest System administered by the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region as described in the Order.
This Order prohibits 1) possessing, storing, or transporting any aquatic invasive animal species AND 2) prohibits possessing, storing, or transporting any aquatic or riparian invasive plant species - on National Forest System lands in the Pacific Northwest Region as specified in the Order.
This Order prohibits unloading, storing, or using any straw, hay, grain, seed, or other forage or mulch products that are not state-certified weed free on the National Forest System lands, roads or trails in any Closure Area as specific in the Order.
PROHIBITIONS, in the area marked in the map or Exhibit A.
1.Being in the area after sundown and before sunrise. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(l).
2.Camping. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(e).
3.Parking or leaving a vehicle in violation of posted instructions. 36 C.F.R § 261.58(g).