Because of the current fire risk condition in southeastern Idaho, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game is imposing a Stage I fire restriction on Fish and Game managed lands across the Southeast Region, effective immediately.
Until further notice, the following restriction applies to all Wildlife Management Areas, lakes, and reservoirs, and fishing access areas owned or managed by Fish and Game across Bannock, Bonneville, Bingham, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin and portions of Oneida and Power counties:
Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire is prohibited except within a designated recreation site, within a fire structure provided by the administrative agency, or on their own land and only within an owner-provided fire structure (see definition below).
Exemptions:
1. Persons with a written permit that specifically authorizes the otherwise prohibited act.
2. Persons using fire fueled solely by liquid petroleum or LPG fuels.
3. Persons conducting activities in those designated areas where the activity is specifically authorized by written posted notice.
4. Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of an official duty.
5. All land within a city boundary is exempted.
6. Other exemptions unique to each agency.
For further information, please call Fish and Game’s Southeast regional office at 208-232-4703.