“The goal of the annual fire prevention order is to reduce the number of unnecessary wildfires. The BLM appreciates your efforts to protect our public lands – one of our nation’s greatest treasures,” says Murphy.
Historically, less than half of wildfires in Idaho are caused by humans. However, in 2015, almost 60% of BLM fires in Idaho were human-caused. Those 84 fires burned over 31,000 acres.
The Bureau of Land Management's annual Fire Prevention Order becomes effective today and specifically prohibits the following on all public lands within the state:
- Discharging, using, or possessing fireworks,
- Discharging a firearm using incendiary or tracer ammunition, and
- Burning, igniting, or causing to burn explosive materials, including exploding targets.
