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Forest Order No. 17-23-08
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Forest Order No. 17-23-08
USDA FOREST SERVICE
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION
Tahoe National Forest Fire Restrictions
Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(a) and (b), and to protect natural resources and provide for public safety, the following acts are prohibited within the Tahoe National Forest. This Order is effective from August 1, 2023, through November 1, 2023.
1. Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire, except within a Developed Recreation Site listed in Exhibit A. 36 C.F.R. § 261.52(a).
2. Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, within a Developed Recreation Site listed in Exhibit A, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material. 36 C.F.R. § 261.52(d).
3. Operating an internal combustion engine off paved, gravel, or dirt National Forest System roads and trails, except within the Prosser Pits Developed Off-Highway Vehicle Area and boats on a water surface. 36 C.F.R. § 261.52(h).
Pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this Order:
1. Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or fire-fighting force in the performance of an official duty.
2. Persons with a valid California Campfire Permit are not exempt from the prohibitions listed above. However, persons with a valid California Campfire Permit may use a portable campfire ring/pit, stove, or lantern in an area at least three feet from any flammable materials provided that the portable campfire ring/pit, stove, or lantern only burns gas, kerosene, jellied petroleum or pressurized liquid fuel and has a shut-off valve.
3. Persons engaged in Forest Products Removal (fuelwood) are not exempt from the prohibitions listed above but may operate an internal combustion engine off National Forest System roads and trails only to the extent necessary to cut fuelwood, provided the cutting of fuelwood is done in compliance with daily fire danger project activity levels.
4. 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.
These prohibitions are in addition to the general prohibitions contained in 36 C.F.R. Part 261, Subpart A.
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 6 months, or both. 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 18 U.S.C. §§ 3559, 3571, and 3581.
Executed in Nevada City, California, this 31st day of July 2023.
Eli Ilano
Forest Supervisor
Tahoe National Forest
Pacific Southwest Region
EXHIBIT A
AMERICAN RIVER RANGER DISTRICT RECREATION SITES
1. Ahart Campground
2. Big Reservoir Campground
3. Brimstone OHV Staging Area
4. Coyote Group Campground
5. Forbes Creek Group Campground
6. French Meadows Campground
7. Gates Group Campground
8. Giant Gap Campground
9. Lewis Campground
10. Manzanita Day Use Picnic Area
11. Morning Star Campground
12. Mumford Bar Trailhead 1
3. North Fork Campground
14. Onion Valley Campground
15. Parker Flat Staging Area
16. Shirttail Creek Campground
17. Talbot Campground
18. Tunnel Mills Campground
SIERRAVILE RANGER DISTRICT RECREATION SITES
1. Cold Creek Campground
2. Cottonwood Campground
3. East Meadows Campground
4. Findley Campground
5. Fir Top Campground
6. Little Lasier Meadow Horse Campground
7. Lower Little Truckee Campground
8. Meadow Lake Campground
9. Meadow Lake Group Campground
10. Meadow Lake Shore Shoreline Sites
11. Pass Creek Campground
12. Pass Creek Overflow Campground
13. Upper Little Truckee Campground
14. Woodcamp Campground
15. Wheeler Sheep Camp (Oven use only)
TRUCKEE RANGER DISTRICT RECREATION SITES
1. Boca Campground
2. Boca Rest Campground
3. Boca Springs Campground
4. Boyington Mill Campground
5. Emigrant Group Campground
6. Goose Meadows Campground
7. Granite Flat Campground
8. Lakeside Campground
9. Logger Campground
10. Prosser Campground
11. Prosser Ranch Group Campground
12. Silver Creek Campground
YUBA RIVER RANGER DISTRICT RECREATION SITES
1. Berger Campground
2. Big Bend Campground
3. Cal Ida Campground
4. Camp Chrystalis
5. Carlton Flat Campground
6. Carr/Feeley Lake Campground
7. China Flat Cabins
8. Dark Day Campground/Day Use Area
9. Diablo Campground
10. High Sierra Schaffer Camp
11. Hornswoggle Campground
12. Fiddle Creek Campground
13. Fuller Lake Day Use Area
14. Hampshire Rocks Campground
15. Indian Springs Campground
16. Indian Valley Campground
17. Indian Valley Outpost
18. Liahona Camp
19. Lindsey Lake Campground
20. Loganville Campground
21. Pack Saddle Campground
22. Packer Lake Road Boy Scout Camp
23. Packer Lake Road Girl Scout Camp
24. Petra Spring Camp
25. Packer Lake Resort
26. Rocky Rest Campground
27. Rucker Lake Campground
28. San Francisco Field Campus
29. Sardine Campground
30. Sardine Lake Resort
31. Salmon Creek Campground
32. Salmon Lake Resort
33. School House Campground
34. Skillman Campground
35. Sterling Lake Boy Scout Camp
36. Union Flat Campground
37. White Cloud Campground
38. Wildplum Campground