Alerts

The Chief, each Regional Forester, or Forest Supervisor may issue orders which close or restrict the use of described areas within the area over which he or she has jurisdiction. An order may close an area to entry or may restrict the use of an area by applying any or all of the prohibitions authorized in this subpart or any portion thereof.  Orders are issued to protect resources, prevent resource damage, address public health and safety concerns, or set limits on use and occupancy of Tongass National Forest infrastructure and facilities.

The Penalty for violating a forest order or any other prohibition found in 36 CFR 261.1 – 261.23. 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 and 3571]

Forest Orders

Admiralty NM

• ANM Cube Cove Closure & Area Map
• ANM Cube Cove Blasting Memo

Craig Ranger District

• POW Ross Adams Mine Closure & Area Closure Map

Hoonah Ranger District

• HRD National Forest Service Road 85794 Emergency Closure

Juneau Ranger District

• JRD Mendenhall Recreation Area Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Emergency Closure
  • JRD Closure Order Letter to File Second Expanded Closure Signed
• JRD Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Emergency Closure

Ketchikan-Misty Fjords Ranger District

• KMRD Eulachon Fishery Closure
• KMRD Fire Cove Road Closure
• KMRD Road Closure NFS Road 8005100 (Brown Mountain) - Termination of Order
• KMRD Signal Creek, Last Chance, and Three C's Campgrounds Closures - Termination of Order
• KMRD Signal Creek, Last Chance, and Three C's Campgrounds  Closures

Petersburg Ranger District

Sitka Ranger District

• SRD Hidden Falls Hatchery Area and Little Port Walter Research Station Area Closures

Thorne Bay Ranger District

• POW Ross Adams Mine Closure & Area Closure Map
• TBRD Prohibitions along Beaver Falls Trail & Area Closure Map

Wrangell Ranger District

Yakutat Ranger District