Orders of the Forest Supervisor

As a visitor to the National Forest, you are asked to follow certain rules designed to protect the Forest, natural resources and to provide for public safety of visitors.

These rules are available to you online below or at any office of the Allegheny National Forest. Please take time to read and understand them. If you have additional questions, please call your local Forest Service Office for clarification.

In addition, the Forest Supervisor may issue Special Orders and Closures that will close or restrict the use of certain areas if the need arises. Emergency closure orders will be posted as an Alert so visitors to the Forest can reasonably be expected to be familiar with them.

Below you will find a listing of Forest closures, organized by topic and then numerically. The numeric code is the closure order number, provided for reference.

General

All General Orders (Folder)

• Termination of All Previous Orders
• Civil Rights Impact Statement for Forest Orders
• NEPA for Orders

Forest-Wide

All Forest-Wide Orders (Folder)

• Order 09-19-21-02 - Feeding of Wildlife Restriction
• Order 17-001 - Occupancy Limits
• Order 17-002 - Developed Campgrounds
• Order 17-003 - Vehicle Use
• Order 17-004 - Off Road Vehicles
• Order 17-006 - Boating Regulations
• Order 17-007 - Horse and other Livestock Use
• Order 17-017 - Alcoholic Beverages
• Order 17-018 - Public Nudity
• Order 17-020 - Firewood
• Order 17-021 - Controlled Substances
• Order 17-023 - Tree Stands, Hunting Blinds, and Trail Cameras​

Health and Safety

All Health and Safety Orders (Folder)

• Order 19-11 - Nansen Area Closure

Recreation

All Recreation Orders (Folder)

• Order 17-005 - Buzzard Swamp Recreation Area
• Order 17-008 - Tionesta Reservoir
• Order 17-009 - Allegheny Reservoir
• Order 17-010 - Twin Lakes Recreation Area
• Order 17-011 - Beaver Meadows Recreation Area
• Order 17-012 - Tionesta Natural and Scenic Areas
• Order 17-013 - Hearts Content Recreation Area
• Order 17-014 - Rimrock Recreation Area
• Order 17-015 - Camping Along Roads and Waterways
• Order 17-016 - Bicycles on Forest Trails
• Order 17-019 - Loleta Recreation Area
• Order 17-022 - Kelly Pines Campground
• Order 17-024 - Tour De Forest
• Tracy Ridge NRA

More Information

Other alerts and closures can be found on our alerts page.

Safety and Ethics