FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE: July 12, 2013
SAN JUAN NATIONAL
FOREST
15 Burnett Court
Durango, CO 81301
PAGOSA DISTRICT
REVISES EMERGENCY CLOSURE AREA FOR WEST FORK FIRE COMPLEX
PAGOSA SPRINGS – As of Friday, July 12th, the
San Juan National Forest Pagosa Ranger District will lift certain portions of
the road and trail closures put in place due to the West Fork Fire Complex.
The East Fork Road (FS Road #667) from the
East Fork Campground to its eastern terminus at FS Road #380 at Elwood Pass
will be reopened.
The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (FS Trail #813) from the East Fork Road at Elwood Pass north and west to its junction with Highway 160 will be reopened.
The Silver Creek Trail (FS Trail #567), which starts off the East Fork Road, will be reopened. Road and trails on the San Juan and Rio Grande National Forests were closed for public safety due to the West Fork Fire Complex. San Juan National Forest personnel ill reassess conditions early next week to determine if other closures can be lifted on the Pagosa Ranger District.
To read the closure
order and view a map depicting the current fire closure area on the Pagosa
Ranger District, go to: www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/sanjuan/alerts-notices
Please contact the Rio
Grande National Forest on current emergency closure orders for areas east of
the Continental Divide closed by the West Fork Complex.
For more information,
contact the Pagosa Ranger District at 970 264-2268.
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