News Release

Mesa Verde National Park Begins Fire Restrictions

Date: June 30, 2025
Contact: Dalton Dorrell, 970-529-4632

Effective on July 1, 2025 at 12:01 a.m Mesa Verde National Park and Yucca House National Monument enter Stage I Fire Restrictions. Please see the full order below for details.

Full Order:
Pursuant to regulations of the Department of Interior, Title 54 USC section 100101 (a) and 36 Code of Federal Regulations, subsections 1.5 Closure and public use limits (a) (1), 2.13 Fires (a) (5) (c), 2.21 Smoking (a), and 2.38 Explosives (b) (c), the following acts are prohibited on the area, roads, and trails described below until rescinded by the Superintendent of Mesa Verde National Park and Yucca House National Monument.

• No setting, building, maintaining, attending, or using open fire of any kind, except campfires and charcoal fires within agency approved fire pits and grills provided for in developed recreation sites and picnic areas or under permanently improved places of habitation. Devices fueled by petroleum or LPG products are allowed in all locations
• Do not smoke, except in an enclosed vehicle or in paved areas completely devoid of any nearby vegetation. Cigarette butts must be disposed of in ash trays.
• Do not discharge or use any kind of fireworks or other pyrotechnic devices. They are prohibited at all times on all federal public lands.

The following persons are exempt from the order:

• Those persons with a permit authorizing the otherwise prohibited act, or in those areas authorized by written posted notice in the area of operation.
• Any federal, state, or local officer or member of an organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of an official duty.

Area Description:

• All lands within the boundaries of Mesa Verde National Park and Yucca House National Monument.

Violation of the above, prohibited acts is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 and/or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both (43 CFR 9212.4).