After multiple wildland fires ignited early this week, Rio Blanco County Sheriff Anthony Mazzola issued an order Tuesday enacting stage 1 fire restrictions beginning July 15 and effective until rescinded for Bureau of Land Management-administered lands, unincorporated and private lands in the county.
The order follows White River National Forest’s stage 1 fire ban enacted last week.
In stage 1 fire restrictions, the following activities are prohibited:
- Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire or…