The USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region issued a temporary closure of nine National Forests in effective from Aug. 22 to Sept. 6, citing extreme fire conditions and strained firefighting resources.
Closed are Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and the Tahoe, Plumas, Modoc, Klamath,
Shasta-Trinity, Lassen National Forest, Six Rivers and Mendocino national forests. This includes all roads, trails and campgrounds.
Eldorado closure | As well, the Eldorado National Forest is closed until Sept. 30 due to the risk from the Caldor Fire including all roads, trails and campgrounds.
Back country closed | The U.S. Forest Service has also closed access to several wilderness areas until Sept. 19 due to the Caldor Fire. The includes all roads, trails and campgrounds for: Desolation Wilderness; Meiss Country; Barker Pass and Blackwood Canyon; McKinney-Rubicon; and Pacific Crest Trail north from Barker to the Tahoe Rim Trail. Also closed are the 14N40, 14N40B, 14N54, 16E01, 16E03 and 16E12 trails. More details and maps of the closed areas are available at TheTahoeWeekly.com. | fs.usda.gov, fire.ca.gov
