WORLAND -- Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, Stage 1 Fire Restrictions will begin Aug. 1 on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District’s Cody, Lander and Worland field offices in Big Horn, Carbon, Fremont, Hot Springs, Natrona, Park, Sweetwater and Washakie counties.

“These fire restrictions are the result of current and projected weather conditions, amount of dry vegetation, and coordination with our fellow wildfire cooperators throughout the area,” said BLM Fire Management Officer Brian Cresto.

Hot, dry conditions and high fire danger have prompted the prohibition of the following activities:

Campfires and Open Flames: Building or using a fire or campfire is only allowed in agency-provided fire grates at developed recreation

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