Public use restrictions, including ban on open fires, begin Friday in C.O. wilderness areas
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Smoking also banned, except in cleared areas
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- With continuing extreme temperatures and drying vegetation at higher elevations, the Deschutes National Forest, in coordination with the Willamette National Forest, announced it will implement public use restrictions within five wildernesses, beginning Friday.
Effective 12:01 a.m. Friday, open fires, including wood stoves and charcoal briquette fires, will be prohibited in all designated wildernesses on the Deschutes National Forest. These wildernesses include the Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, Three Sisters, Diamond Peak and Mt. Thielsen.