The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has closed almost 40,000 acres north of King Hill to motorized travel to unable the area to relief from damage as Augusts’ Blair Fire.
The closure will keep fire rehabilitation efforts and also to protect the winter habitat of mule deer and sage grouse. BLM will unable road access Walker Reservoir and Lower Hog Creek roads into the burn area until Dec. 31 on existing BLM. While, the Non-motorized travel still is enabled to accommodate recreational use.
Although the motorized closure will end on Sept. 5, 2013, but the existing roads will still be accessible from June 1 to Dec. 31, 2012, and June 1, 2013 till the end of the closure.
The closure is amid to slow the spread of invasive weeds and to give natural vegetation to require from the fire. Temporary closure marks will be posted at key of first entry to the burned area. Anyone violating the closure will be in prison during a year and more than $100,000 in fines. BLM contractor’s such as: search and rescue crews, law enforcement with written authorization from BLM are free from the closure.