An Alaska Division of Forestry fire danger sign in the community of Tetlin south of Tok sums up the current fire danger in Alaska.
7:45 p.m. – Here is a complete list of the burning closures and restrictions currently in effect in Alaska on state, private, municipal and federal lands, as of 4 p.m. June 19.
Federal lands
Possessing or discharging any kind of fireworks or pyrotechnic devise are always prohibited on federal land
All Alaska BLM lands
• Prohibition of all fireworks and open fires, excluding the North Slope
• Use of established fire rings and barbeque grills at established BLM campgrounds and waysides are still permitted
• Charcoal briquette fires in fire-proof pans, grills, gas grills, barbeques, and camp stoves are still permitted
Chugach National Forest (in conjunction with Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Kenai Peninsula State Parks)
• This includes the Seward and Glacier Ranger Districts
• Prohibition of building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fires without a permit- except in a developed camp or picnic ground
• Petroleum-fueled stoves, lanterns, or heating devices are permitted
• No operating welding, acetylene or other torch with open flame
• No operation or using any internal or external combustion engine without a spark arresting device
Denali National Park and Preserve
• Prohibition of all open fires and activities that unduly increase fire danger- including any flame source not immediately extinguishable such as charcoal or wood- even in established campfire rings
• Gas grills, backpacking and camp stoves using fuel or compressed canisters that can be regulated and shut off are still permitted
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
• Prohibition of all open fires and activities that unduly increase fire danger- including any flame source not immediately extinguishable such as charcoal or wood- even in established campfire rings
• Gas grills, backpacking and camp stoves using fuel or compressed canisters that can be regulated and shut off are still permitted
Katmai National Park and Preserve
• Prohibition of all camp fires • Gas grills and barbeques at campsites will be permitted
Kenai Fjords National Park
• Prohibition of all open fires and activities that unduly increase fire danger- including any flame source not immediately extinguishable such as charcoal or wood- even in established campfire rings
• Backpacking and camp stoves using fuel or compressed canisters that can be regulated and shut off are still permitted
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
• Prohibition on all open camp, cooking and warming fires and use of charcoal and/or charcoal grills. Cooking stoves and gas grills may be used.
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
• Wildfire managers are discouraging visitors and residents from lighting campfires or other open flame sources
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
• Prohibition of all open fires and activities that unduly increase fire danger, including ground fire of any kind- wood or charcoal-based
• Gas grills and barbeques at campsites will be permitted
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
• Prohibition of all open fires and activities that unduly increase fire danger- including any flame source not immediately extinguishable such as charcoal or wood- even in established campfire rings
• Gas grills, backpacking and camp stoves using fuel or compressed canisters that can be regulated and shut off are still permitted
State lands
Fairbanks North Star Borough
• Prohibition of all use or explosion of fireworks in the borough- within areas OUTSIDE of the cities of Fairbanks and North Pole
• All wood-cutting has been suspended
Tanana Valley north of Alaska Range and Copper River Valley
• Prohibition of all open fires (including cooking, warming, signaling fires) and activities that unduly increase fire danger
• Gas grills, backpacking, or camp stoves using fuel or compressed canisters which can be regulated and shut off are still permitted
Kenai Peninsula, Municipality of Anchorage, and Matanuska-Susitna Borough
• Prohibition of all open fires (including cooking, warming, signaling fires) and activities that unduly increase fire danger
• Gas grills, backpacking, or camp stoves using fuel or compressed canisters which can be regulated and shut off are still permitted
Western Alaska
• Prohibition of all open fires (including cooking, warming, signaling fires) and activities that unduly increase fire danger
• Gas grills, backpacking, or camp stoves using fuel or compressed canisters which can be regulated and shut off are still permitted
Northern Area State Parks
• Prohibition of all open fires (including cooking, warming, signaling fires) and activities that unduly increase fire danger
• Gas grills, backpacking, or camp stoves using fuel or compressed canisters which can be regulated and shut off are still permitted
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