From: McKinney, Seth <smckinney@nullbouldercounty.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 3:54 PM
Subject: Boulder County Fire Restrictions

Good afternoon everyone,

This afternoon Sheriff Pelle and the Boulder County Commissioners signed and enacted Level 1 Fire Restrictions for western Boulder County.

Our County Restrictions match what the Forest Service enacted yesterday.

There are some key notes to mention:

• These restrictions do not include anything on shooting
• To align with what the Forest Service has enacted, there are no open fires allowed in undeveloped or developed (hosted) campsites
• These are Level 1 Restrictions only: restrictions do not apply to private property. This is also in alignment with USFS restrictions and applies to lesees to USFS property.

It is also worthy to mention that these restrictions are not due to current fire danger. Both the County and USFS are enacting these restrictions based on public health and the impacts of COVID-19, and the limited amount of firefighting resources available to us. All the more important with the increase in recreational traffic to our open spaces, trailheads, and national forest lands. We feel that the greatest impact we can have with this is the public outreach to our mountain residents and visitors about the impacts from COVID-19 on firefighting and law enforcement resources, and how this helps mitigate risk by limiting exposure.

Please see the three attached documents regarding all of the details.

Thanks, and please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Seth McKinney

Fire Management Officer – 6561

Boulder County Sheriff’s Office

Fire Management Program  

Desk (303) 441-1485

Cell (303) 548-9624