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This closure is for public and contractor safety during the implementation of the Conjecture Dam-Weber Mine EPA/Forest Service joint CERCLA removal action project during which there will be heavy machinery and equipment traffic present on the road.

Closed: All Forest Service lands, roads, and trails west of Fernan Road (FSR 268), all FS lands, roads, and trails west of FSR 1525 and south of Yellow Banks Creek, and all FS lands roads, and trails south of Hayden Lake.

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.

Emerald Creek Campground has extensive hazard trees within the campground and is
currently unsafe to open for forest visitors. Campground will remain closed to the public
until hazard trees can be mitigated.

The purpose of this order is for public safety due to timber harvest activity on the Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District and prohibits all methods of travel (i.e., foot, mechanized, motorized, and stock) on NFS Road 260, from Riley Saddle (junction of FSR 260 and FSR 900) to the junction of FSR 2

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.

The purpose of this order is to protect public safety due to washed-out sections of road creating an unsafe narrow road surface, not passable for standard highway vehicle traffic on NFS road 4402.

This order temporarily closes Forest Service Road 1575 above Beauty Bay on the Coeur d'Alene River Ranger Districtt due to active logging operations with constant heavy truck and equipment traffic.

The purpose of this order is to close the 22-acre Rose Lake Informal Recreation Site to protect people from the potentially adverse effects caused by the presence of anomalously high levels of lead in the soils, sand, and dust. 

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. 

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 at Hudlow Meadow, to prevent resource damage to the restoration area from persons and/or

This order closes the 5-acre Solo Creek quartz site to protect the public from adverse effects caused by years of unauthorized quartz crystal mining until the site hazards can be managed and the site rehabilitated.