{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-060","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6: all seventeen national forests in Oregon and Washington)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Regional Forester, Pacific Northwest Region, and Forest Supervisors (forest-by-forest closure orders)","authority":"36 C.F.R. 261.50(a)-(b)","instrument":"Forest closure orders closing all developed recreation sites in Oregon and Washington (reported by KLCC, Mar. 31, 2020)","title":"Forest Service Closes Developed Recreation Sites Across Oregon And Washington (KLCC report of the Region 6 closure orders)","dateIssued":"2020-03-31","effective":"Late March 2020 (forest-by-forest orders Mar. 27-31, 2020)","end":"Day-use sites and trailheads reopened from May 22, 2020; campgrounds into June 2020 and later","startDate":"2020-03-31","endDate":"2020-05-22","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CLOSE","TRAV"],"addressees":["the public","campground concessionaires, outfitter-guides and special-use permittees"],"clause":"All U.S. Forest Service developed recreation sites in Oregon and Washington are now closed to the public in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The closure order applies to day-use sites, campgrounds, trailheads, boat ramps, fire [lookouts and sno-parks]... \u0027If we do come across people in closed areas, we will inform them of the closure order [and the consequences of violating it],\u0027 [said a spokesperson for] the Pacific Northwest Regional Office for the Forest Service.... the Forest Service hopes people will observe the executive orders from both the Oregon [and Washington governors].","enforcement":"36 C.F.R. 261.1b and 16 U.S.C. 551 (violation of a closure order: Class B misdemeanor, fine up to $5,000 or imprisonment up to six months)","functions":["LG campgrounds (concession-operated) closed region-wide","CN outfitter-guides, ski areas\u0027 summer operations and permittees","TV travel demand","CB rural gateway communities"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.klcc.org/post/forest-service-closes-developed-recreation-sites-across-oregon-and-washington","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":3707958,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-060","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-060","citation":"Regional Forester, Pacific Northwest Region, and Forest Supervisors (forest-by-forest closure orders), Forest closure orders closing all developed recreation sites in Oregon and Washington (reported by KLCC, Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-060)","stateName":"","related":[]}