Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests announces fire restrictions

Press release from National Forests in North Carolina:

The Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests will implement fire restrictions due to the extremely dry conditions, high fire danger, and little chance of rain in the immediate forecast.

Effective October 28, 2016, the following fire restrictions are in place for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests until further notice:

Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire is NOT ALLOWED outside of developed campgrounds where a fee is paid.

The use of portable lanterns, stoves, or heating equipment that utilize gas or pressurized liquid fuel is allowed. Charcoal fires are not allowed.

Permissible fires must be confined to metal fire rings and grills that are provided in the National Forest in the following campgrounds only:

Nantahala Ranger District Standing Indian  Van Hook Glade Apple Tree Hurricane Creek Kimsey Creek	Cheoah Ranger District Tsali Campground Cable Cove Horse Cove Cheoah Point Rattler Ford	Tusquitee Ranger District Jackrabbit Hanging Dog Bristol Fields Horse Camp
Pisgah Ranger District Davidson River Lake Powhatan Sunburst North Mills River Kuykendall Group Camp Cove Creek Group Camp South White Pines Group      Camp	Appalachian Ranger District Carolina Hemlock Harmon Den Horse Camp Black Mountain Rocky Bluff Briar Bottom	Grandfather Ranger District Curtis Creek Mortimer

Never leave a fire unattended. Campfires should always be put out and cold to the touch before left for any period of time.

This restriction only pertains to the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests. Visitors are asked to be very careful with fire and to obey all state and federal fire related laws and regulations.