Date: May 31, 2017
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA News Release
For Immediate Release: May 31, 2017
Release No.: 2017-25
Contacts (alphabetical by agency)
Bureau of Land Management – Kirsten Cannon – (702) 515-5057
Clark County Fire Department – Larry Haydu - (702) 455-7311
Mt. Charleston Fire District - Jorge Gonzales – (702) 872-5483
National Park Service – Christie Vanover – (702) 293-8691
Pahrump Valley Fire & Rescue – Scott Lewis - (775) 727-5658
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Glen Knowles – (702) 515-5244
U.S. Forest Service – Naaman Horn – (702) 515-5413
SOUTHERN NEVADA FIRE RESTRICTIONS ANNOUNCED
Las Vegas – On June 1, the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Mt. Charleston Fire Prevention District, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service are implementing fire restrictions in Southern Nevada.
If you are interested in an interview about these restrictions, last year’s fire statistics and predicted forecast for this year, please contact Zach Ellinger at 702-515-5107.
Interagency fire restrictions prohibit:
- building and/or using a campfire or charcoal stove (using portable stove using gas, jellied petroleum or pressurized liquid fuel OK)
- welding or operating an acetylene torch with open flames (except by permit)
- using any explosive (except by permit)
- using fireworks or firing a tracer
- operating an off-road vehicle without a spark arrestor
Agency specific exceptions and additional restrictions are also in place:
- Bureau of Land Management – steel core ammunition and explosive targets prohibited as they are known fire starters. Smoking is allowed in an enclosed vehicle only.
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area - wood or charcoal fires allowed in grills of developed picnic areas and campgrounds where a host is present; wood or charcoal burning devices allowed on the shoreline where natural vegetation is at least 100 feet from the shoreline; barbecue grills allowed on private boats outside the harbors of Lake Mead and Lake Mohave; rental boats are authorized to use barbecues attached to vessel if allowed under rental boat agreement; all vessel barbecue fires must be at least 100 feet away from shoreline vegetation. Smoking is allowed outside of an enclosed vehicle in areas that are cleared of all flammable material for at least three feet. Cigarettes must be discarded in a car ashtray or an ashtray in a developed area.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - campfires allowed in fire rings at Desert Pass Campground on Desert National Wildlife Refuge; grills in day use area of Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge may be used.
- U.S. Forest Service - campfires are allowed within the approved fire pits or grills provided in developed recreation sites. Smoking is allowed if persons are stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is clear of all flammable materials. Shooting restrictions continue to be in place in Lovell Canyon.
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