What are the current fire restrictions in the White Mountains?

Apache and Navajo County are currently in Stage 1 Fire Restrictions. The restrictions are as follows:

1. No building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire or campfire unless for cooking, providing warmth, or in a designated area
2. No smoking outside or designated areas
3. No use of any and all consumer fireworks
4. No use of explosive targets
5. No use of tracer round ammunition

Allowed: Devices solely fueled by liquid petroleum or LPG fuels that can be turned on and off. Also, fires within backyard areas clear of debris, or campfire rings and grills that are established by the Forest Service at posted, designated campgrounds.

For a comprehensive list, please view each jurisdictions official fire ordinance.

The US Forest Service is currently in Stage 1 Fire Restrictions. During Stage 1 Restrictions, the following are prohibited:

1. Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire, including charcoal and briquettes, outside a fire structure that is provided by the Forest Service within a Designated Area
2. Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least three (3) feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material.

For exemptions, please visit the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Website

Under Stage 1, campfires are allowed *only* within a designated or developed campsite. No charcoal use, LPG only.