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Show Hunters Asked to Use Caution, Fire Hazard The Uinta National Forest is prepared to accomodate the thousands of hunters who will be moving onto the Forest for the upcoming elk hunt beginning begin-ning Sept. 28. Forest Supervisor Supervis-or Bruce Hronek urges hunters to be careful with fire, how- ever, since conditions are very dry throughout the Forest. Roads are generall rough, dry and dusty, but passable. The road up Payson Canyon will be open for the hunt, but caution should be used since repair work has not been completed. com-pleted. Construction on the Currant Creek Dam and roads will also add hazards which hunters entering the area need be aware of. The campgrounds throughout the Uinta National Forest will be open, but the water will most like by turned off by that date, so plan to take your own drinking water. A major concern con-cern this year is the extreme fire hazard resulting from the extended drought conditions throughout the National Forest. For-est. Unless a last minute storm occurs, we will go into the opening op-ening of the hunt under some of the driest conditions ever, according to Supervisor Hronek. Hro-nek. Hunters are cautioned that the Fire Restriction Order is still in effect throughout the State and will be strictly enforced, en-forced, with citations being issued is-sued otthose who build camp-fires camp-fires or warming fires in unauthorized un-authorized areas. The Restriction Restric-tion Order prohibits setting open op-en fires, except in facilities provided pro-vided at campground and picnic pic-nic areas, or permanently improved im-proved places of habitation, or where otherwise authorized by an official of the Forest Service Smoking will also be prohibited. pro-hibited. exceDt at rjlaces of hab- itation, improved recreation sites, sit-es, in an enclosed motor vehicle ve-hicle or on or in a launched waterborne conveyance or on a paved road, or while wading in a stream, or at a point where at least an 18-inch diameter spot has been scraped to mineral min-eral soil and such spot is used for depositing ashes and for extinguishing ex-tinguishing smoking materials and matches. Mr. Hronek is uring the public pub-lic to comply with the restriction restric-tion order, thus helping to prevent pre-vent fires that could destroy valuable natural resources, developments, de-velopments, and possibly lives. |