May 28, 2026 3:40 p.m. 

The Douglas Forest Protective Association has announced that the 2026 fire season will officially begin this Saturday, May 30th.

A DFPA release said all private, county, state, and Bureau of Indian Affairs land within the Douglas District are included in the fire season declaration. On private, county, state and BIA lands, certain fire restrictions are imposed to help prevent wildfires.

In addition to the declaration of fire season, the DFPA will implement Public Use Restrictions on Saturday on those same lands. The public use restriction level will be set to LOW, and the Industrial Fire Precaution Level will begin at IFPL1 in most regulated use areas and all forestland within one-eighth of a mile thereof.

Public use restrictions will be assessed and announced later for the Umpqua National Forest and the Rosburg District Bureau of Land Management.

For complete information on all the fire prevention measures that will go into effect on Saturday, go to www.dfpa.net