Submitted by paula on Sat, 12/12/2020 - 1:06pm
National Forest developed campgrounds in the Lake Tahoe Basin have already closed for the winter season and dispersed camping in Desolation Wilderness and Meiss Country are not affected by the following closure.
The USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region has decided to close developed campgrounds on four additional National Forests in California to provide consistent COVID-19 mitigation response in accordance with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Stay-at-Home Orders. The Sacramento Region is being added to the Stay-at-Home Order and, in turn, developed campgrounds will now be closed on the Eldorado NF, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Plumas NF, and Tahoe NF. These Regional Orders will be in effect from December 11, 2020, through January 6, 2021.
By Tim Lantz, iHeart Media
Dec 11, 2020
The U-S Forest Service is responding to Governor Gavin Newsom s latest COVID-19 stay-at-home order by halting overnight camping in developed campgrounds on four additional National Forests in California. Now, that the Sacramento Region is being added to the governor s order, campgrounds will now be closed on the Eldorado National Forest, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Plumas National Forest, and the Tahoe National Forest. The closures will be in effect from December 11, 2020, through January 6, 2021.
There are now 12 National Forests that have closed their developed campgrounds to be consistent with Governor Newsom s orders. The previous eight National Forests are in California s Southern and San Joaquin zones, including Angeles, Cleveland, Inyo, Los Padres, San Bernardino, Sequoia, Sierra, and Stanislaus national forests.