Due to continued hot temperatures, lack of moisture, and extreme fire danger, officials have announced that effective 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, the Emigrant Creek Ranger District, Malheur National Forest will implemented Phase C of Public Use Restrictions (PUR’s).

Phase C PUR’s include:

• Campfires are prohibited on the forest. Use liquid and bottle (propane) gas stoves only.

• No internal combustion engine operation (including chainsaws), except for motorized vehicles.

• Electrical generators operated under the following conditions are allowed:

— in the center of an area at least 10 feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material; or

— when fully contained within a pickup truck bed that is empty of all flammable material; or

— when factory installed in a recreational vehicle and the generator exhaust discharge is located in the center of an area at least 10 feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material.

• No off-road/off-trail vehicle travel or travel on roads not cleared of standing grass or other flammable material. Vehicle travel is never permitted on currently closed Forest Service roads where access has been impeded or blocked by earthen berms, logs, boulders, barriers, barricades, or gates, or as otherwise identified in a closure order.

• Smoking is allowed only in enclosed vehicles and buildings, developed recreation sites, or in cleared areas.

The public’s awareness of the extreme fire danger and cooperation is essential to a safe fire season. Officials remind those working on or visiting public lands to use extreme caution. Under current conditions, a spark can rapidly become a large wildfire. To report a wildfire, call 911.

For further information, please visit www.fs.usda.gov/malheur, http://bicc-jdidc.org/index.shtml, or www.facebook.com/MalheurNationalForest/