Due to widespread fire danger and record breaking dry-hot conditions. The Bureau of Land Management, Richfield Field Office, and Henry Mountain Field Station, within the Color Country District will increase their fire restrictions to Stage 2 beginning Wednesday, June 30 at 12:01 a.m. in the following counties: Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne, Piute, and Garfield counties. All unincorporated private and state lands within Sanpete County enacted stage 2 fire restrictions on June 21, 2021.

Since the area is currently experiencing critical fire conditions including extremely dry fuels, above normal temperatures, low relative humidity, minimal precipitation, and competition for firefighting resources, the following acts are prohibited until fire danger decreases and fire restrictions are rescinded on all BLM administered public lands.

• No campfires or open fires are allowed in any location. Devices fueled by liquid petroleum gas with a shut-off valve are approved if there is at least three feet in diameter that is barren with no flammable vegetation.

• No smoking near vegetation or outside of a developed recreation site, personal vehicle, or building.

• No cutting, grinding, or welding of metal. This includes acetylene torches.

• No use of any internal or external combustion engine without an effective working, properly installed, and maintained spark arrestor.

• No use/discharging of explosives of any kind, incendiary or chemical devices, pyrotechnic devices, exploding targets, pressurized containers or canister, and binary explosives.

• No use/discharge of any kind of fireworks or other pyrotechnic devices.