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Food and Refuse Storage Restrictions (Bridgeport Ranger District)
Food or refuse must be stored in the truck of a vehicle, or out of sight with the vehicle windows rolled up, or hung at least 15 feet above the ground and 10 feet away from tree trunks in the campgrounds and areas on the Bridgeport Ranger District listed below.
Alert Start Date: August 22nd, 2009
Alert End Date: N/A
Rec Sites Affected:
Order Number: 04-17-09-11
Associated Documents
Forest Order
Order Number: 04-17-09-11
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE
HUMBOLDT-TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST BRIDGEPORT RANGER DISTRICT
Food and Refuse Storage Restrictions
A. PROHIBITIONS
Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50(a) and (b), the following acts are prohibited in the campgrounds and area as described in this order, in the Bridgeport Ranger District, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest beginning August 22, 2009 at 12:01 A.M. and ending when this Order is rescinded.
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[36 CFR 261.58(cc)]
-Virginia Creek Dispersed Campground, along Forest Road 139
-Trumbull Campground
-Buckeye Campground
-Honeymoon Flat Campground
-Crags Campground
Possessing or storing any food or refuse, unless stored in the government provided container designed to prevent access by bears, in the Campground listed below.
[36 CFR 261.58(cc)]
-Green Creek Campground
-Robinson Creek Campground
-Paha Campground
-Lower Twin Lakes Campground
B. EXEMPTIONS
Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50(e), each of the following is exempt from this order.
- Persons with a permit specifically exempting them from the effect of this Order.
- Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or fire fighting force in the performance of an official duty.
C. AREA DESCRIBED
The Campgrounds and dispersed camping areas along Forest Road 139 as listed above in A. Prohibitions, on the Bridgeport Ranger District, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. As shown on Exhibit A, Map, and incorporated as part of this ORDER.
D. PURPOSE
The purpose of this order is for Public Health and Safety, the protection of Wildlife, and to reduce the numbers of Bear incidents relating to human uses in specified areas on the Bridgeport Ranger Districts of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
E. IMPLEMENTATION
This Special Order implementing Food and Refuse Storage Restrictions is effective at 12:01
A.M. on August 22, 2009, and shall remain in effect until rescinded.
Exhibit A, Map, Exhibit B, Definitions are attached and incorporated into this ORDER.
Violation of these prohibitions is punishable as a class B misdemeanor, by a fine of not more than $5000.00 for an individual or $10,000.00 for an organization and/or imprisonment of not more than 6 months [Title 16 USC 551, 18 USC 3571(b)(6), Title 18
USC 3581 (b)(7)].
Signed this 21 day of August 2009, at Sparks, Nevada.
/s/ Edward C. Monnig
Edward C. Monnig
Forest Supervisor, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Order Number: O4-17-09-11
Contact Name:
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest HeadquartersContact Number:
775-331-6444Maps
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