October 5, 2022 4:00 a.m. 

Public Use Restriction Levels will move to moderate for all private, county, state, and Bureau of Indian Affairs lands within the Douglas District of the Douglas Forest Protective Association effective Thursday.

Public Information Officer Rachael Pope said the Roseburg District of the Bureau of Land Management is included in the fire season declaration, which imposes certain fire restrictions on public and industrial operators to help prevent wildfire and have specific Fire Prevention Orders or other public use restrictions on the BLM administered lands.

Pope said Industrial Fire Precaution Levels within the Douglas District will also change to IFPL Level 1. This includes all forest land within one-eighth of a mile of DFPA protected lands.

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 1:00 p.m. or after 8:00 p.m.

Other restrictions will be in place for industrial operators including for a number of activities that can only take place between 8:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.

For more information, go to www.dfpa.net.