The Bureau of Land Management announced that due to the recent rainfall and a forecast showing more to come, it is lifting its seasonal fire restrictions on public lands throughout central Arizona. The decision covers multiple counties.
The BLM also announced that starting Friday, several Phoenix District shooting sites will be open.
The bureau encourages people to be aware of fire regulations and restrictions before starting any fires, and also reminds people that fireworks and explosive targets are illegal on any BLM-managed land.
More Arizona Wildfires News
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A group of mostly Western U.S. senators is demanding answers on why the U.S. Forest Service has fallen behind on efforts to reduce hazardous wildfire fuels. -
A group of U.S. senators say the Forest Service has fallen behind in wildfire prevention work like forest thinning which has been deemed vital to preventing billions of dollars of damage to regions in Arizona surrounded by national forests. -
Senate Democrats have asked Senate leadership to fund recovery from wildfires on federal lands. -
The Healthy Lungs for Heroes Act was introduced by Democratic California Senator Adam Schiff and Republican Utah Senator John Curtis. If passed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal officials would have one year to develop a plan to make "commercially available appropriate respiratory personal protective equipment for wildland firefighters and supporting staff in settings in which smoke exposure surpasses covered permissible exposure limits." -
Data analyzed by the advocacy group Grassroots Wildland Firefighters shows that prescribed fires and other hazardous fuel reduction efforts have fallen by nearly 40% across the West this year.
