Public lands reopen near Everson Creek after fire rehabilitation
(DILLON, Mont.) – Federal officials have lifted an emergency closure order for some public lands near the Montana-Idaho border. The area has been closed since last summer due to the Bear Creek Fire.
The Bureau of Land Management’s Dillon Field Office issued the Recession of Emergency Closure order for public lands in the Everson Creek area, about 50 miles southwest of Dillon, on May 11.
The field office had kept this portion of the burned area closed to the public until spring to protect land damaged in the fire as rehabilitation efforts got underway.