BISMARCK – The USDA Forest Service Dakota Prairie Grasslands has issued an Emergency Fire Closure Order Restriction for all National Forest System lands within the Little Missouri National Grasslands, Dakota Prairie Grasslands. The order will be in effect through May 15 unless rescinded.

The order outlines activity restrictions and exemptions for building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire or stove fires, smoking and conditional wheeled motor vehicle travel on non-surfaced (prairie two-track) National Forest System roads.

For more information, contact the McKenzie Ranger District in Watford City at 842-8500; Medora Ranger District in Dickinson at 227-7800; or Dakota Prairie Grasslands Supervisor’s Office in Bismarck at 989-7300.