San Juan NF in SW Colorado to be closed!
I started another thread on the 416 Fire north of Durango, but this closure will affect a much greater area. So if you have plans around Durango, Pagosa Springs, Dolores up to Lizard Head Pass, be ...
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What you read is correct up to $10k in fines but the highways and byways are not closed just the forest service roads. County roadways, State highways and US highways may pass through national forest but the NFS does not have jurisdiction over them. La Plata county where the Durango area fire is has enacted a similar resolution for the county. Much of the state at least west of I-25 whether county, national forest or BLM is under a stage 2 restrictions. As far as the roads that traverse through the forest such as US160 yes you can drive it but I would not leave the road shoulder in the San Juan National Forest. Forest service roads are definitely closed to all travel outside of exempt situations which probably isn't any of us.
