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Mount Shasta Plantation Area Camping and Fire Restrictions
This order intends to address concerns related to dispersed camping impacts in the Mount Shasta Plantation Area. Specific concerns include: Concentrated and repeated sanitation use within and uphill of private water wells; campfires and wood gathering adjacent to private homes and subdivisions; expansion of de-vegetated sites that are repeatedly used; the introduction of noxious weeds and non-native plant materials; noise and visual impacts on popular developed recreation day-use sites and fee sites (campgrounds) that are next to the dispersed camping areas. The Forest Service has also received numerous complaints from residents who live adjacent to the National Forest and within the community including escaped campfires, vandalism, and threats to their personal safety from long-term dispersed campers and recreational users of the National Forest.
Alert Start Date: July 29, 2026
Alert End Date: July 29, 2027
Order Number: 14-26-06
Contact Information
Contact Number: (530) 226-2500
Associated Documents
Forest Order
USDA FOREST SERVICE
SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST
FOREST ORDER NO. 14-26-06
MT. SHASTA PLANTATION AREA CAMPING AND FIRE RESTRICTIONS
Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(a) and to provide for public safety, the
following acts are prohibited within the Shasta-McCloud Management Unit of the Shasta-
Trinity National Forest. This Order is effective from July 29, 2026, through July 29, 2027.
1. Camping within the Mount Shasta Plantation Closure Area described in Exhibit A
and shown on Exhibit B, except within a developed recreation site.
36 C.F.R. § 261.58(e).
2. Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or fire stove in the
Mount Shasta Plantation Closure Area described in Exhibit A and shown on
Exhibit B, except in a developed recreation site. 36 C.F.R. § 261.52(a).
Pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this Order:
1. 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.
2. Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or fire-
fighting force in the performance of an official duty.
These prohibitions are in addition to the general prohibitions found in 36 C.F.R. Part 261,
Subpart A and all other orders issued pursuant to 36 C.F.R. Part 261, Subpart B.
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 six months, or
both. 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 18 U.S.C. §§ 3559, 3571, and 3581.
Executed at Redding, California, this 28th day of July 2026.
LOIS SHOEMAKER
Forest Supervisor
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
Exhibit A
1. The Mount Shasta Plantation Closure Area encompasses all National Forest System lands
within the boundary that begins at the northeast corner of Section 26, Township 41 N,
Range 4 W, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian (MDBM),
2. then continues south along the eastern edge of the section line to its intersection with the
northern edge of Section 1, Township 40 N, Range 4 W, MDBM,
3. then continues west along the northern edge of the section line to its intersection with the
eastern edge of Section 2, Township 40 N, Range 4 W, MDBM,
4. then continues south along the eastern edge of the section line to its intersection with the
northern edge of Section 12, Township 40 N, Range 4 W, MDBM,
5. then continues east along the section line to its intersection with the east edge of Section
12, Township 40 N, Range 3 W, MDBM,
6. then continues south along the eastern edge of the section line to its intersection with the
northern edge of Section 18, Township 40 N, Range 3 W, MDBM,
7. then continues east along the section line to its intersection with the eastern edge of
Section 18, Township 40 N, Range 3 W, MDBM,
8. then continues south along the section line to its intersection with the south edge of the
Shasta-Trinity National Forest Boundary, Section 18, Township 40 N, Range 3 W,
MDBM,
9. then continues west along the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Boundary to its intersection
with the eastern boundary of Section 25, Township 40 N, Range 3 W, MDBM,
10. then continues south along the section line to its intersection with the southern edge of
Section 25, Township 40 N, Range 3 W, MDBM,
11. then continues west along the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Boundary to its intersection
with Forest Road 41N18, Section 28, Township 41 N, Range 4 W, MDBM,
12. then continues east along Shasta-Trinity National Forest land ownership to its intersection
with the northern edge of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Boundary, Section 28,
Township 41 N, Range 4 W, MDBM,
13. then continues east along the northern edge of the section line back to the starting point,
as shown on Exhibit B.