According to the BLM , effective January 10, 2014, the Bureau of Land Management is implementing fire restrictions on public lands managed by the Mother Lode Field Office.
This includes BLM managed lands in El Dorado, Amador, Sacramento Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties.
The fire restrictions will remain in effect until further notice. These restrictions are necessary due to unseasonably dry fuels and fire danger throughout Central California.
"A wildfire under these conditions could pose a serious threat to public land visitors and resources, and adjacent private lands and communities," said BLM Fire Management Officer Jerry Martinez.
All campfires and BBQ's are limited to designated fire rings in designated campgrounds. Portable stoves with gas, jellied petroleum or pressured liquid fuel are authorized with a valid California campfire permit.
The public is asked to be extremely careful with their use and carry a shovel and water at all times.
Other restrictions include:
# No internal combustion power tools off established roads or trails.
# No smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, or at a designated developed recreation site, or other designated areas.
# No motorized vehicles off established roads or trails.
# No shooting using incendiary, tracer, steel core or armor piercing ammunition.
# No fireworks, including "safe and sane" fireworks.
The BLM advises homeowners to "Take Responsibility" and keep 100 feet of clean, open space around their homes to provide defensible space and improve the chance that their homes and families can be saved in an uncontrolled wildfire.
For further information contact the BLM office at 916-941-3101.
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