Show Mountains Closed To All Open Fires Increasing fire danger and cured vegetation on the steep slopes of the Wasatch Front and Oquirrh Mountains have made it necessary to declare a limited closure on portions of oC these lands REGIONAL Forester Floyd Iverson of the Intermountain Region of the Forest Service and Utah State Forester Paul consider fire conditions on National Forest State and private lands sufficiently sufficiently sufficiently suf suf- to warrant the limited fire closure Although Although Although Al Al- though abundant rainfall during June reduced the danger of fire recent warm temperatures and drying winds have caused the danger danger dan dan- ger to increase rapidly As a protection against this fire danger Regional Forester Forest Forest- er Iverson and State Forester Forest Forest- er announced that the following restrictions on National Forest State and private lands in Utah will ill become become become be be- come effective on July 12 THE CLOSING order prohibits prohibits pro pro- prohibits hibits Setting or replenishing any fires except campfires within with with- in the facilities provided for Cor them in improved campgrounds campgrounds campgrounds camp camp- grounds or picnic areas or improved places of habitation habitation habitation tion or except as otherwise authorized by a Forest Service Service Service ice officer or State SMOKING except at improved ed places of habitation or at improved recreation sites or orin orin orin in an enclosed motor vehicle launched or on or in any waterborne conveyance or when on paved roads or wading streams or at a point where an inch 18 diameter diameter diameter eter spot has been scraped to mineral soil and such spot is used for depositing ashes and to extinguish smoking materials and matches The closing order applies to National Forest State and private lands along the Wasatch Wasatch Wasatch Wa Wa- satch Front from Crom the north northend northend northend end of Wellsville Mountain I south to Salt Creek below Nephi Nephi Nephi Ne- Ne phi and the east slopes of the I Oquirrh Mountains VIOLATORS of the closure order will be guilty of a misdemeanor misdemeanor misdemeanor mis mis- demeanor and subject to pros pros- I |