Motor
Vehicle Restrictions in the Piute Mountain Area
- 2008/08/15 13:52 Cindy
Thill, Public Sequoia Forest Affairs Officer
KERNVILLE, CA -- Effective
Friday, August 15, 2008 updated motor vehicle restrictions
go into effect in the Piute Area through November 30, 2008.
The order has been put into place to prevent resource damage
in the Piute Area. Order # 08-18, Sequoia National
Forest [http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/],
Kern River Ranger District,
prohibits possessing or
using a motor vehicle OFF National Forest System roads
within the Piute Area(see map below). The
area is being posted today by Field Protection Officers and
Off Highway Vehicle personnel.
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All motor
vehicles are restricted to roads only.
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All Off
Highway Vehicle (OHV) trails will remain closed, OHV
travel will not be allowed.
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Some roads
may also be closed in the area if excessive resource
damage exists or they are deemed unsafe for public use.
The exemptions to this order are: land owners or lessees of
private land within the Piute Area to the extent to gain
access to their land, persons who reside on private land
within the Piute Area to the extent necessary to gain access
to their residences, and any Federal, State or local
officer, or member of an organized rescue or fire-fighting
force in the performance of an official duty.
The closure order, the area map and further information, are
available from the Forest Service at the Kernville
Ranger Station in Kernville at (760) 376-3781 or
the Lake Isabella Visitor Center in Lake
Isabella at (760) 379-5646.
The public is reminded, fire restrictions are still in
effect, no charcoal or open fires are permitted in the Piute
area. Only portable stoves with gas, jellied petroleum or
pressurized liquid fuel are permitted with a valid
California campfire permit.
CAMPFIRE PERMIT PAGE:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/passespermits/campfire_permit/campfire-index.html
Piute Area Closure Map below
