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Forest Orders
Regional Forest Orders
Regional Order No. 22-22 Pacific Southwest Region Fire Restrictions - Expires 5-29-2025
Regional Order No. 20-05 Pacific Southwest Region National Forest System Roads - Expires 7-15-2025
Los Padres National Forest Orders
Forest-wide Forest Orders (all ranger distsricts)
Forest Order 05-07-00-23-15 Special Closure Public Health and Safety: Effective October 31, 2023 - January 31, 2024
- Special Closure Order Map - Exhibit A-1 (Monterey Ranger District)
- Special Closure Order Map - Exhibit A-2 (Monterey Ranger District)
- Special Closure Order Map - Exhibit B-1 (Santa Lucia Ranger District)
- Special Closure Order Map - Exhibit B-2 (Santa Lucia Ranger District)
- Special Closure Order Map - Exhibit B-3 (Santa Lucia Ranger District)
- Special Closure Order Map - Exhibit C (Santa Barbara Ranger District)
- Special Closure Order Map - Exhibit D (Ojai Ranger District)
Forest Order 05-07-00-23-09 Fire Use Restrictions: Effective August 1, 2023 - January 31, 2024
Forest Order 05-07-00-23-12 Special Closure - Storm Damage Recovery: Effective August 31, 2023 - August 31, 2024
Firearms Prohibition Forest Order: Effective February 15, 2023 through December 31, 2024
Campground Occupancy Use 14 day stay limit Expires: 1-13-2024
Forest Order 05-07-00-22-02 Campground Occupancy Use 14 day stay limit
Monterey Ranger District Forest Orders
Forest Order 05-07-51-22-13 Road Use Restriction - Forest Road No. 19S05 (Sycamore Canyon Road) - Expires December 19, 2024
Forest Order 05-07-51-22-10 Nacimiento Ferguson Road Roadside Camping Prohibition - Effective September 3, 2022, through September 2, 2024.
Santa Lucia Ranger District Forest Orders
Forest Order 05-07-53-22-05 West Cuesta Fire Use Restrictions. This Order is effective from September 16, 2022, through September 15, 2024.
Santa Barbara District Forest Orders
Upper Santa Ynez Recreation Area Roads and Campground Closure
Forest Order 05-07-54-22-09 Expires: 7-22-2024
Access into the Pendola and Upper Santa Ynez Recreation Area (Big Caliente Hot Springs and surrounding campgrounds) is temporarily closed to motorized vehicles through July 22, 2024. There is access via hiking /biking. Rock Camp and Mono Camp are closed to all entry. No hike-in, bike-in or vehicle.
Campgrounds and hot Springs
Open via hiking and biking only – temporarily closed to motorized vehicular traffic
- Middle Santa Ynez Campground
- P-Bar Flats Campground
- Big Caliente Hot Springs
- Little Caliente Hot Springs
Fire Use Restrictions FO 05-07-54-22-04 - Santa Barbara Front Country Expires: February 24, 2024
- Fire Use Restrictions FO 05-07-54-22-04 - Santa Barbara Front Country Closure Map
Ojai Ranger District Forest Orders
Forest Order 05-07-55-23-14 Sespe Condor Sanctuary Occupancy and Use Restriction - Effective September 14, 2023 - September 13, 2025.
Tar Creek is closed. Public entry is prohibited.
Mt. Pinos Ranger District Forest Orders
Tecuya Fire Road and Trail Closure:
Effective: August 19, 2023, through April 30, 2024
- Forest Order 05-07-57-23-10
- Tecuya Closure Map
Dry Canyon Area, Roads and Trails, and Wilderness Closure 05-07-57-23-03
Effective: March 1, 2023, through February 28, 2025