For more information or clarification on individual agency restrictions, visit www.nevadafireinfo.org/restrictions-andclosures. To date, there have been more human-caused fires across the state than what is normally averaged in an entire year. Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest-Year Round Restrictions. Discharge, use, or allowing the use of fireworks, tracer rounds, explosive targets, or any other incendiary device. The Bureau of Land Management, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and Nevada Division of Forestry will jointly reduce the current 2020 Nevada-wide fire restrictions… In fiscal year 2018, the diverse activities authorized on BLM-managed lands generated $105 billion in economic output across the country. Operating or parking a vehicle or other motorized equipment over or on top of dried/cured vegetation. Most were human-caused. State and federal agencies have also experienced an increase in public land use and human-caused fires. Any federal, state, local officer or member of an organized firefighting entity, in the performance of an official duty. The monsoonal moisture that is typical for this time of year has not yet surfaced, and officials expect the already critically dry fuels to continue to deteriorate ever further throughout the month of August. Land managers increase fire restrictions based on several factors. Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit- Forest Fire Restriction Order. Tue, 09/08/2020 - 7:31pm EDT. The restrictions will remain in place until further notice and will be jointly mandated and enforced by each agency in coordination with city and county governments and wildfire agencies. As such, they are urging residents to recreate safely and obey all fire restrictions. Welding, or operating an acetylene torch with open flames, except by permit. Bureau of Land Management-State Fire Prevention Order. The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in the 11 Western states and Alaska. Tue, 09/08/2020 - 7:34pm EDT. In addition, anyone found responsible for starting a wildfire can be held civilly and criminally liable. Currently, Nevada is experiencing record dry conditions with much of the state in a severe drought. An individual can be fined up to $5,000 and/or six months in jail for illegal campfires. RENO, Nevada---In response to the current severe risk of wildfire, the Bureau of Land Management, Nevada Division of Forestry and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest are elevating the current fire restrictions beginning Friday, August 7, 2020 at midnight. Persons with a valid permit specifically authorizing the otherwise prohibited act or omission. REGIONAL FIRE RESTRICTIONS .