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Box Canyon Area Closure on the Cle Elum Ranger District
In order to promote the protection of bull trout and other threatened species, camping and parking is not allowed in Box Canyon Creek areas.
Alert Start Date: August 19, 2002
Alert End Date: N/A
Order Number: 06-17-03-02-405
Contact Information
Contact Name: Cle Elum Ranger District
Contact Number: (509) 852-1100
Associated Documents
Forest Order
In order to promote the protection of threatened, endangered, rare, unique, or vanishing species of plants, animals, birds or fish, the following acts are prohibited in the area listed below, until further notice:
- Camping in or upon the Forest Service System land described as SE ¼, S. 19, and NE ¼, S. 30, T. 22 N, R. 13 E., W.M., as shown in exhibit A, attached. The closure area is bounded by FS road #4930 to the west, and by a distance of 100 feet from the left bank of Box Canyon Creek to the east. (36 CFR 261.58 (e)).
- Parking a vehicle within the described closure area, including on the side of FS Road #4930 where instructions are posted. (36 CFR 261.58 (g)).
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EXEMPTIONS
The following persons are exempt from this order:
- Persons with a permit specifically authorizing the otherwise prohibited act or omission.
- Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized search and rescue or
firefighting force in the performance of an official duty.