The Bureau of Land Management is banning fires around Animas City Mountain and the Grandview areas near Durango.
“While spring showers and early summer rains have helped alleviate the wildland fire danger in Southwest Colorado, the Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office is posting a fire prevention order at the Animas City Mountain and Grandview special recreation-management areas as a reminder that campfires are not allowed in these areas,” according to a BLM news release issued Wednesday.
“These areas are near the city of Durango and are identified in the newly signed Resource Management Plan as ‘Day Use’ only,” Tres Rios Field Manager Connie Clementson said in the release.
“As the name suggests, ‘Day Use’ areas do not allow overnight camping, and campfires are prohibited.”
The release says that a map showing the “Day Use” areas will be posted along with the fire-prevention order at trailheads and on the BLM Tres Rios Web page at http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/sjplc.html.
For further information, contact the Tres Rios Field Office at 882-7296.
