The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington (Burns, Coos Bay, Lakeview, Medford, Northwest Oregon, Prineville, Roseburg and Vale Districts)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 43 C.F.R. 8364.1
- Issued
- 2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-01 (Prineville campground closure 12:01 a.m.; other districts late March) (read as 2020-04-01)
- End
- Phased reopening late May-June 2020 (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Apr. 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- the public
- campground concessionaires and permitted outfitters
- Functions reached
- LG campgrounds and developed sites closed statewide
- CN campground concessionaires and outfitters (special recreation permits idle)
- TV travel demand
- CB rural gateway communities
- Collection
- Federal lands, science agencies and courts AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS
Operative words
[In coordination with State and local health] officials, the BLM will temporarily close many of its developed recreation facilities to [the public]... This closure includes all campgrounds, and some day use sites, and restrooms.... Despite the closure of these facilities, multiple opportunities remain for the public to [recreate on undeveloped public lands].
Enforcement
43 C.F.R. 8360.0-7 (violation of a closure order: fine up to $1,000 and imprisonment up to 12 months under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a))
Notes
One of the eleven BLM State offices' closures.