LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY IS ON THE
CUSP OF
STAGE ONE FIRE RESTRICTIONS
AFTER A VERYACTIVE FIRE
WEEKEND.TRI-LAKES VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENT CHIEF, BOB DRAKE,
DELIVERED THE WILDFIRE OUTLOOK
BRIEFING DURING THE LEWIS AND
CLARK COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING
THIS(TUESDAY)MOR
NING.DRAKE SAYS THAT A PREDICTED
STORM FRONT THIS WEEKEND HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO BRING A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF MOISTURE
ANDDRIVE DOWN THEFIRE
DANGER.BUT IF THERE IS *NOT
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL SOON, DRAKE
SAYS STAGE ONE FIRE
RESTRICTIONS, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE
NOT POPULAR, WILL NEED TO BE
IMPLEMENTED.####




{WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRE
RESTRICTIONS TO PREVENT HUMAN
CAUSED FIRES SO THAT WE CAN
CONCENTRATE
ON THE ONES THAT WE DON'T HAVE
ANY CONTROL
OVER.}[***JULIE***]DRAKE ADDED
THAT
LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE
STRETCHED THINTHIS WEEKE
RESPONDING TO NUMEROUS FIRES
ACROSS THE COUNTY.####




[***JULIE***]STARTING AT 12:O-1
A-M FRIDAY...
MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA WILL GO
UNDER STAGE ONE FIRE
RESTRICTIONS.THE ORDER COVERS
LEWISTOWN FIRE RESTRICTIONS
AREA...THAT INCLUDES: ALL
PRIVATE, STATE, AND BLM-MANAGED
LANDS IN FERGUS, PETROLEUM, AND
PHILLIPS COUNTIES AND ALL B-L-M
AND STATE-MANAGED LANDS WITHIN
THE
UPPER MISSOURI RIVER BREAKS
NATIONAL MONUMENT.THE BIG
AND LITTLE SNOWYS ARE CURRENTLY
NOT IN FIRE RESTRICTIONS.UNDE
R STAGE 1 RESTRICTIONS, BUILDING
ORMAINTAINING
FIRE OR CAMPFIRE IS RESTRICTED,
EXCEPT WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED
META
FIRE RING IN A DEVELOPED
RECREATION SITE.SMOKINGIS
PROHIBITED EXCEPT WITHIN AN
ENCLOSED VEHICLE OR BUILDING, A
DEVELOPED RECREATION SITE, OR
WHILE STOPPED IN AN AREA AT
LEAST
THREE FEET IN DIAMETER THAT IS
BARREN OR CLEARED OF ALL
FLAMMABLE MATERIALS.




[***JULIE***]THE MONTANA DNRC
SAYS LITTLE CH
