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<\/p>\nSonora, CA… USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, extended the developed campground closure on 12 National Forests in California, including the Stanislaus National Forest, to provide consistent COVID-19 mitigation response in accordance with Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Stay-at-Home Orders. These regional orders will be in effect through Jan. 29, 2021.<\/p>\n
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Campgrounds are closed on 12 national forests in California\u2019s Greater Sacramento, Southern, and San Joaquin zones, including the Stanislaus National Forest. Some day use sites remain open for the health and welfare of Californians. We urge all visitors to follow CDC guidelines to recreate responsibly and check with your local national forest before visiting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis order extension will protect visitors and our employees by reducing exposure to COVID-19 and mitigating the further burden on limited healthcare facilities,\u201d said Randy Moore, Regional Forester of the USDA Forest Service\u2019s Pacific Southwest Region. Outdoor recreation can be beneficial for your health but must be practiced safely. We recommend exercising close to your home and complying with local and state guidance and not traveling for your recreation needs. Stay safe. For more on avoiding COVID-19, visit www.coronavirus.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n We continue to recommend that you not travel long distances to recreate. If you or anyone in your household feels sick, please remain at home and plan your trip for another time.\u00a0 All visitors should practice self-sufficiency during your visits to a national forest. Recreating responsibly will help ensure that expanded access to recreational facilities, services, and opportunities can continue. Responsible recreation practices should always be maintained, including:<\/p>\n Regional Orders are identified as\u00a021-1<\/a>\u00a0(includes Stanislaus NF),\u00a021-2<\/a>, and\u00a021-3<\/a>. The Pacific Southwest Region\u2019s eighteen National Forests align with the state of California\u2019s zones as follows:<\/p>\n Southern \u2013 San Bernardino, Los Padres, Cleveland, Angeles, Inyo National Forests<\/p>\n Northern \u2013 Mendocino, Modoc, Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity, Klamath, Lassen National Forests<\/p>\n San Joaquin – Stanislaus, Sierra, Sequoia National Forests<\/p>\n Greater Sacramento – Eldorado, Tahoe, Plumas National Forests, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.<\/p>\n While our ranger offices remain in virtual operations, please contact each office at the numbers listed below:<\/p>\n Stanislaus NF Supervisor\u2019s Office:\u00a0 209-459-9238<\/p>\n Calaveras Ranger District:\u00a0 209-795-1381<\/p>\n Groveland Ranger District: 209-962-7825<\/p>\n Summit Ranger District: 209-459-9236<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sonora, CA… USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, extended the developed campground closure on 12 National Forests in California, including the Stanislaus National Forest, to provide consistent COVID-19 mitigation response in accordance with Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Stay-at-Home Orders. These regional orders will be in effect through Jan. 29, 2021. Campgrounds are closed on 12 national […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1599,"featured_media":8368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20,33,4,1,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-featured","category-health-fitness","category-life-style","category-news","category-tuolumne-county","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/usfslogo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n