IDAHO FALLS – State and federal land management agencies have put fire restrictions in place for all of eastern Idaho as it enters the heart of wildfire season.

The Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center, which coordinates resource sharing between multiple agencies and dozens of local fire departments to battle wildland fires, said in a news release that Stage 1 fire restrictions would go into effect Thursday, Aug. 7. You can learn more about the fire restrictions by using the Idaho Department of Lands restriction map.

“Right now, we are in such dry conditions that if a fire gets away from you, you are going to end up paying for it,” said State Fire Warden Kelly Hoffer of the Idaho Department of Lands.

Under Stage 1, these restrictions have been put in place, according to the fire center

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