BLM Lifts Emergency Closure in Sacramento River Bend Area

REDDING, Calif.- The Bureau of Land Management has lifted an emergency closure order on public roads, trails and facilities in the Sacramento River Bend Outstanding Natural Area north of Red Bluff, as dangers from the Park Fire have been reduced.

The BLM has also issued a temporary restriction on target shooting in the Spring Branch area of the Bend, citing ongoing region-wide high fire danger. The order will be rescinded when fire dangers ease.

"Fire crews have done outstanding work completing containment lines on the west side of the fire that threatened the Bend Area, and we feel the closure can be lifted," said Jennifer Mata, manager of the BLM Redding Field Office. "However, ongoing extreme fire dangers and depleted fire fighting resources in the Bend Area dictate the need for the target shooting closure. We also ask people to remember that seasonal fire restrictions are in place."

The outstanding natural area stretches includes river frontage and oak woodlands stretching from the Jelly's Ferry area north of Red Bluff to the Anderson Area.