The Bureau of Land Management announced fire restrictions for Panoche and other areas of property owned by the federal agency.
According to the BLM press release:
The Bureau of Land Management is placing precautionary fire restrictions and road closures on public land managed by the Hollister Field Office. No vehicles, campfires or open flames will be allowed on BLM lands in the Panoche, Griswold, Tumey and Ciervo Hills, effective April 15 due to high fire danger.
BLM Fire Battalion Chief Michael Chiodini says the restrictions are needed due to dry fuels and low winter precipitation throughout central California. “A wildfire under these conditions could pose a serious threat to the public, communities, and adjacent private lands” said Chiodini.
As summer temperatures rise, the wildland fuels can become extremely dry and volatile. Fire can spread quickly, and threaten lives, property and resources.
The United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management advises homeowners to ‘Take Responsibility’ and keep 100 feet of clean, open space around your homes to provide defensible space, and improve the chance that your home and family can be saved in an uncontrolled wildfire.
For further information on the fire restrictions, call the Bureau of Land Management Hollister Field Office at (831) 630-5029.
