TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Fire managers will be lifting stage one fire restrictions this week due to recent weather changes.

The Sawtooth National Forest, Bureau of Land Management Twin Falls District, and Idaho Department of Lands originally put the restirctions in place on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Due to conditions no longer meeting criteria for fire managers, they will lift restrictions at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday.

The lifted restrictions will mean the public can buld campfires, use a charcoal or smoke outside of designated campground and recreation sites.

The stage one restrictions previously affected all lands north of U.S. Highway 20 from Hill City east to the Craters of the Moon National Monument Park Visitor Center to the northern most Sawtooth Nationa

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