07/02/2025
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Effective 12 midnight July 2, 2025
These restrictions affect private, state, county, municipal, and tribal lands in Union, Baker, Wallowa and Umatilla counties along with small portions of Malheur, Morrow, and Grant counties, a total of about 2 million acres.
Restrictions include: • Open fires are prohibited, including campfires, charcoal fires, cooking fires, and warming fires, except at designated locations. • Portable cooking stoves using liquefied or bottled fuels are allowed. • Propane fire pits are allowed if they are self-contained and 3 feet away from any flammable fuels with a maximum flame height of 2 feet. • Non-industrial chain saw use is prohibited from noon to 8 p.m. • Non-industrial chainsaw use is allowed at all other hours if the following firefighting equipment is present with each operating saw: one shovel or other firefighting tool and one 8-ounce or larger fire extinguisher or 1-gallon of water. In addition, a fire watch is required at least one hour following the end of chainsaw use. • Electric chain saws are allowed all day. • Cutting, grinding, and welding of metal is prohibited from noon-8 p.m. Cutting, grinding, and welding of metal is permitted at all other hours, if conducted in a 10-foot area cleared of flammable vegetation, shovel or other firefighting tool, a minimum of 1-gallon of water, or 2 ½ pound or larger fire extinguisher. • Mowing dried and cured grass with power-driven equipment is prohibited from noon to 8 p.m., except for the commercial culture and harvest of agricultural crops. • Electric string trimmers are allowed all day. • Any electric fence controller in use shall be: 1) Listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory or certified by the Department of Consumer and Business Services; and 2) Operated in compliance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Possession of the following firefighting equipment is required for any vehicle/UTV/ATV traveling on unimproved roadways where flammable vegetation exists on roadway: shovel or other firefighting tool, minimum of 1-gallon of water, or 2 ½ pound or larger fire extinguisher.
The following are prohibited starting July 2: All open debris burning, and the use of burn barrels. • Use of fireworks. • Use of exploding targets. • Use of tracer ammunition or any bullet with a pyrotechnic charge in its base. • Smoking while traveling, except in vehicles on improved roads, in boats on the water, or in a cleared area free of flammable vegetation. • Use of sky lanterns throughout the year in Oregon.
