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Show yon National Recreation Area. Open fires are prohibited, pro-hibited, except in facilities provided at campgrounds and picnic areas or permanently improved places of habitation. habita-tion. Smoking also is prohibited except at places of habitation improved recreation sites, in an enclosed motor vehicle or on or in a launched water-borne water-borne conveyance, or when on a paved road, or while wading in a stream, or at a point where at least an 18-inch 18-inch diameter spot has been scraped to mineral soil and such spot is used for depositing deposit-ing ashes and for extinguishing extinguish-ing smoking materials and matches. Excellent public cooperation coopera-tion is credited with helping keep fires to a minimum this summer in spite of hot, dry weather and hazardous burning conditions. Fire Warning In spite of recent rainstorms rain-storms and green vegetation at higher elevations, fire danger remains very high throughout National Forests in Utah, warned Regional Forester Vern Hamre and State Forester Paul Sjoblom today. They urged everyone every-one participating in the annual an-nual archery deer hunting season, August 17 through September 2, to exercise extreme ex-treme caution and to observe restrictions that have been in effect all summer. Fire control officials point out that unattended warming fires and campfires are a common hazard duringthe cooler mornings and evenings eve-nings that usually accompany hunting seasons. Restrictions on open fires and smoking are being enforced en-forced throughout the State, except in Rich, Cache and Summit Counties and those lands within the Canyonlands National Park and GlenCan- |