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BARSTOW, Calif. — Due to increased fire danger, Mojave National Preserve and Castle Mountains National Monument are now under fire prevention orders. The following restrictions are necessary to reduce the potential for wildfires to ignite and spread.
Effective at 12:01 a.m. PST on Thursday July 3, 2025, and until rescinded, the following acts are prohibited:
- Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire or campfire with any wood or charcoal burning device.
- Smoking outside of an enclosed vehicle or outside in any area that is not cleared of all flammable material for at least three (3) feet. Disposal of cigarettes/cigars in anything other than a vehicle’s ashtray or in a developed area’s ashtray.
- Welding or use of any torch or metal cutting equipment.
- Use of flares or other incendiary devices.
- Using portable stoves with gas, jellied petroleum, or pressurized liquid fuel.
- Persons with a permit authorizing the activity.
- Any Federal, State, or local officer or member of an organized fire fighting force in the performance of an official duty.
For more information about Mojave National Preserve, please visit www.nps.gov/moja or call 760-252-6100.
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Last updated: July 2, 2025