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Show Fire Use Restricted On Most Lands Says State Forester Steto Forester Paul L. Sjob-lom Sjob-lom announced today that use of fire will be restricted on most private, State and Federal Feder-al land in Utah. A joint restriction restric-tion order, became effective at 12:01 a.m. on June 30, and was signed by officials of the National Na-tional Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Forest Service and the State Forester. Restrictions on open fires and smoking will be enforced throuhout the State, except in the northern counties of Cache, Rich, Summit and Daggett and those portions of Uintah, Duchesne Duch-esne and Wasatch Counties lying ly-ing north of U.S. 40 and those lands within Canyonlands National Na-tional Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Because of the extreme fire ihazard caused by highly flam-jmable flam-jmable fuels and a continuing tdrough condition, the order will prohibit setting open fires, except in facilities provided at campgrounds and picnic areas, or permantly improved places of habitation, or where otherwise other-wise authorized by an offical of the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National-Park National-Park Service or State Fire Warden. Smoking alho will be prohibited, prohib-ited, except at places of habitation, habit-ation, improved recreation sites, sit-es, in an enclosed motor vehicle, ve-hicle, or on or in a launched waterborne conveyance, or when 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 soil and such spot is used for depositing ashes and for extinguishing smoking materials and matches. State Forester Sjoblom joined join-ed the three Federal officials in urging the public to comply with the restriction order, thus helping to prevent fires that could destroy valuable natural resources .developments and possibly lives. |