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🦌 Hunting Season Update: Important Information on Fire Restrictions and Forest Closures 🦌

With hunting season here, we want to remind everyone that there are fire-related closures and fire restrictions in place on the Willamette National Forest. We understand that these closures impact hunting plans.

The current closures are primarily for the safety of firefighters and the public. With active fire operations, including emergency vehicles and heavy machinery on forest roads, a large closure area is necessary to ensure that firefighters can focus on managing the fire without needing to evacuate visitors should conditions change rapidly.

We will reduce the closure area as soon as it's safe, and in the meantime, we're here to help you find nearby areas that are open and safe for hunting and recreation.

Make your hunting enjoyable by following these tips: 

• The public is encouraged to observe closures, pay attention to evacuation warnings, and avoid active wildfire areas to give firefighters and first responders the room they need to move heavy equipment and work safely to protect the public and property from wildfire.

• Know before you go where there are forest closures in effect. https://www.fs.usda.gov/willamette

• Drive and park carefully: Don’t park vehicles on dry, grassy areas because heat from the exhaust can ignite the dry grass. Avoid operating a vehicle away from developed roads and ensure that motorized recreation vehicles have the required spark arresters. Pay attention to any towing equipment or dragging chains that could start a fire.  

• Remember that open fires, such as grills and campfires, are currently not allowed in several of Oregon's National Forests including the Willamette. Use only pressurized liquid or gas appliances that can be switched on/off. The Willamette USFS Fire Restriction order is located here:

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For hunting regulations, contact:

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife at

(503) 947-6000 and toll free at (800) 720-6339

or https://myodfw.com/

Stay safe and informed, and thank you for your continued support.

Inciweb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/orwif-willamette-complex-fires-south

Fire Information Line: 541-208-1742, staffed 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Email: 2024.willamettecomplex@firenet.gov

Smoke Information for Oakridge:

https://www.airnow.gov/?city=Oakridge&state=OR&country=USA

Closures and Fire Restrictions:

For specific closure information, visit tinyurl.com/WillFireClosures2024 

For current fire restrictions, visit tinyurl.com/WillFireRestrictions2024 

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