Shasta-Trinity National Forest release:

U.S. Forest Service - Shasta-Trinity National Forest, U.S. Forest Service - Klamath National Forest, and U.S. Forest Service - Six Rivers National Forest have announced a comprehensive three-forest closure of the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area. The order is effective on August 11, 2021, and will extend through November 15, 2021. Full text and map of the closure area is available at https://bit.ly/3jQjFBg.

Map of the area of closure | US Forest Service

This Forest Order is being enacted to best protect the safety of both the public and first responders. With many fires active in and around the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, access to trailheads is severely limited, and recreation in the Wilderness Area may be unsafe as these fast-moving fires continue to burn. Tracking hikers in unsafe areas pulls much-needed aircraft away from firefighting efforts, and adds risk and exposure to first responders. Additionally, forest managers hope to limit the possibility of human-caused fires with this temporary full closure.

Specific fire-related closures are also in place on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest for both the McFarland Fire and the Monument Fire. For current fire information, please visit:

• Monument Fire (along the Highway 299 corridor): inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7750/

• McFarland Fire (along Highway 36 near Wildwood): inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7746/

• For information on current fire restrictions, please visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/stnf/home