Some areas re-open on Pomeroy Ranger District
By Terry Murry on Friday, August 16th, 2024 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories
PENDLETON — (News release from the Umatilla National Forest) Forest officials have lifted portions of the temporary closure of lands, trails and roads on the Pomeroy Ranger District Aug. 15, 2024, due to the successful suppression efforts that are taking place to actively contain Cougar Creek Fire.
The modification of the temporary closure area opens all campgrounds, trailheads and roads north of Forest Service Road 4304, FSR 43 and FSR 44 and areas west of FSR 40 as it runs along the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness. The new temporary Forest Order 06-14-04-24-03 will be effective Thursday and supersedes Forest Orders 06-14-04-24-02.
The revised closure area will still keep all U.S. Forest Service lands, trails and roads, to include those that define the closure area boundary, in Pomeroy Ranger District south of FSR 4304, 43, 44 and east of FSR 40 temporarily closed due to ongoing fire behavior and fire suppression operations still being conducted on Cougar Creek Fire by the Northwest Team 1 fire crew.
