June 28, 2023 3:50 a.m.

Starting Thursday, Fire Danger and Public Restriction Levels will change to High for all private, county, state, and Bureau of Indian Affairs lands within the Douglas Forest Protective Association’s Douglas District.

DFPA Public Information Officer Rachel Pope said the Roseburg District of the Bureau of Land Management is included in the fire season declaration, which imposes certain fire restrictions on the public and industrial operators to help prevent wildfires and has 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 2 in all regulated use areas and all forestland within one-eighth of a mile thereof.

For the public, this means that 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 pm.

Other restrictions will be placed on industrial operators. Complete information on fire season is linked at: www.dfpa.net.