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Show lire Ban Placed Over State By Utah Forester J. D. Dockstader, state fire warden Xor this area, announced this week that a proclamation issued this past week by the state forester, establishing a dosed season on open fires throughout the state, became ef fective June 1. The proclamation read: WHEREAS, the forests and wa-tershds wa-tershds of Utah occupy a vital vi-tal place in the Ftate's economy, anw WHEREAS, these lands are extremely ex-tremely vulnerable to damage by wild fire, and, WHEREAS, climatic and vegetative vege-tative conditions of moderate fire severity are now approaching and will become progressively more severe, NOW THEREFORE, I, Paul L. Sjoblom, State Forester of Utah by the authority granted me by Sec. 24-2-12, U.C.A., 1953 Amended Amend-ed 1961, do hereby designate the period June 1, 1964 to October 31, 1964, inclusive, a "closed season" subject to all the restrictions and provisions attached thereto by law. It was also announced by Ross Glass, Cedar City fire chief that on June 15 a ban on open fires in Cedar City will become effective. effec-tive. Fire permits after that date will be necessary for any open burning, he said. |