{"id":21431,"date":"2025-07-15T21:46:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T21:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/stage-1-fire-restrictions-take-effect-across-san-juan-national-forest\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:06:04","slug":"stage-1-fire-restrictions-take-effect-across-san-juan-national-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/stage-1-fire-restrictions-take-effect-across-san-juan-national-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 1 fire restrictions take effect across San Juan National Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=2ade6124-0879-56ad-ac7e-09008dff64ca&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" alt=\"A view of the mountains from Lizard Head pass. (Cameryn Cass\/The Journal)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A view of the mountains from Lizard Head pass. (Cameryn Cass\/The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday, July 15 at 12:01 a.m., the San Juan National Forest is under Stage 1 fire restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>That means fire is prohibited unless it\u2019s within a \u201cpermanent metal or concrete fire pit\u201d that the Forest Service installed within a \u201cdeveloped recreation site,\u201d like campgrounds and picnic areas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/r02\/sanjuan\/alerts\/stage-i-fire-restrictions\" id=\"link-8f3ca925a903dd3c2203a1c24dd1d699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Forest Service news release<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>Violation of campfire restrictions can carry a $530 fine in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Smoking is also restricted \u201cexcept in an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while \u2026 in a (barren) area,\u201d the news release said.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Stage 1 regulations applied only to lower elevations, but continued hot, dry conditions have created a \u201ccritical fire environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the Forest Service expanded the restrictions to higher elevations and wilderness areas, too, \u201cto protect public safety and our area natural resources,\u201d the news release said.<\/p>\n<p>Restrictions will remain in place until further notice and can change with weather and fire danger.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the San Juan National Forest call (970) 247-4874 or visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/r02\/sanjuan\" id=\"link-471de18f404ee1e0f9632a5dddf503fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forest Service website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=437aefc8-e206-5338-acfe-01f6c148c0c0&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1294\" alt=\"The entire San Juan National Forest is under Stage 1 fire restrictions as of Tuesday, July 15.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The entire San Juan National Forest is under Stage 1 fire restrictions as of Tuesday, July 15.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restrictions are in place for campfires and smoking <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29,199],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-21431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-san-juan-national-forest"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77308,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21431\/revisions\/77308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21431"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=21431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}