July 26, 2022 5:30 p.m.

Effective Wednesday, staff with the Douglas Forest Protective Association have moved Public Use Restrictions Levels to HIGH on all private, county, state and Bureau of Indian Affairs lands within the Douglas District.

Public Information Officer Rachel Pope said the Roseburg District of the Bureau of Land Management is included in this declaration, which imposes certain fire restrictions on the public and industrial operators to help prevent wildfires. Pope said the BLM has specific Fire Prevention Orders and other public use restrictions for its lands.

For further information on BLM managed lands, go to: https://www.blm.gov/orwafire

At this time, public lands within the Umpqua National Forest will remain in Public Use Restriction Level 1. For more information on UNF restrictions, go to: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/umpqua/fire

Pope said the are no current applicable changes to Industrial Fire Precaution levels within the Douglas District. IFPL remains at LEVEL 2.

For the public: non-industrial power saw usage, cutting, grinding, or welding of metal, cutting, trimming, or mowing of dried, cured grass, power driven machinery for non-industrial improvement or development on private property will only be allowed before 10:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m.

For more information on fire restrictions, go to: www.dfpa.net.