Pursuant to Rio Blanco County Resolution 2019-06 the following acts are prohibited in Rio Blanco County. PROHIBITIONS: 1. Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire or campfire except within agency-provided fire grates at developed recreation sites. Devices using gas, jellied petroleum, or pressurized liquid fuel are permitted. 2. Using burn[Read More…]
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Stage 1 fire restrictions start Friday
PRESS RELEASE RBC | All lands managed by the White River National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management Upper Colorado River District will be under stage 1 fire restrictions beginning Friday, June 27. Under stage 1 restrictions for the Bureau of Land Management and White River National Forest: •[Read More…]
County fire restrictions lifted
RBC I Moisture recently received has changed the indices and allow fire restrictions to be dropped at this time. Rio Blanco County came out of Stage 1 fire restrictions starting Wednesday at 0001hrs. There are no fire restrictions in place on county/state/private lands as well as the BLM and White[Read More…]
Stage 1 fire restrictions to begin July 15 in Rio Blanco County
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Anthony Mazzola issued an order Tuesday enacting stage 1 fire restrictions beginning July 15 and effective until rescinded for Bureau of Land Management-administered lands, unincorporated and private lands in the county.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[Read More…]
CORRECTION: NO fire ban in place for RBC except on Forest Service lands
RBC | The resolution approved by the county commissioners Tuesday did not enact a current fire ban in Rio Blanco County. The only fire bans in place currently are on Forest Service land. The resolution allows the Sheriff’s Office to implement or cease a fire ban without requiring a meeting[Read More…]
Rangely issues municipal fire ban: no fireworks or campfires
RANGELY | Emergency Ordinance 672- Fire Ban Following the county’s lead, the town issued a municipal fire ban. The ban includes outdoor fires such as campfires, fireworks and field or trash burning. As a result, the Fourth of July fireworks show at Kenney Reservoir has been canceled. Police Chief Wilczek[Read More…]
Countywide fire ban takes effect tomorrow
RBC | Sheriff Anthony Mazzola announced a fire ban effective 8 a.m. Friday due to excessively dry conditions, high heat and wind. “This year compared to last year, we are much drier,” he said. “We tried to hold off as long as we could.” The decision was made during a[Read More…]
Fire ban lifted in county
Special to the Herald Times RBC | The fire ban for unincorporated and private lands in Rio Blanco County was lifted Monday, Aug. 7 following recent rains and a positive long term fire weather outlook, according to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office (RBCSO). The Bureau of Land Management lifted[Read More…]
Stage 1 fire restrictions in place throughout Rio Blanco County
RBC I Stage 1 fire restrictions are in effect for the White River National Forest, Bureau of Land Management-administered lands, unincorporated and private lands in Rio Blanco County.
Complete fire ban in county
RBC I Effective as of Monday morning, Rio Blanco County and the Town of Meeker had instituted Stage One Fire Restrictions for the entire county.
Sheriff lifts fire ban for county
RBC I Rio Blanco County sheriff Si Woodruff lifted the Stage II fire ban in the county Friday, Sept. 14 but high fire danger still exists.
Restrictions upped to Stage II
RBC I Extreme fire conditions in northwestern Colorado have prompted the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit to increase fire restrictions to the “Stage II” level for all BLM lands in the Little Snake, Kremmling and White River field offices beginning Friday, June 22.
