Fire Restrictions Take Effect on FWP properties in Blaine, Roosevelt, Sheridan and Valley Counties

In response to dry, warm weather that could increase the danger of human-caused wildfires, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks fishing access sites (FASs) and wildlife management areas (WMAs) are under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in Blaine, Roosevelt, Sheridan and Valley counties effective at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 30.

Officials in those counties enacted the Stage I Restrictions, which ban campfires except where specifically exempted. Stage 1 Restrictions also prohibit smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, and in areas at least three feet in diameter that are cleared of all fl...