BLACK HILLS NATIONAL FOREST – Stage 2 fire restrictions went into effect on Monday, July 27 for the Black Hills National Forest in Wyoming and South Dakota.

Stage 2 Restrictions prohibit building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, charcoal barbecue, or grill, except if using a device solely fueled by liquid or gas that can be turned on and off in an area barren or cleared of all flammable materials within three feet of the device, smoking, except in an enclosed vehicle or building, welding or operating an acetylene or other torch with open flame, using an explosive and possessing or using a motor vehicle off national forest system roads, except when parking in an area devoid of vegetation within 10 feet of the motor vehicle.