Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Take Effect on FWP Properties in Phillips and Sheridan Counties

In response to dry, warm weather that could increase the danger of human-caused wildfires, under the recommendations of county officials, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks fishing access sites (FASs) and wildlife management areas (WMAs) are now under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in Phillips co. and on Brush Lake State Park in Sheridan co. Both counties will enter Stage 1 restrictions beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 17. These Stage 1 restrictions join both Hill and Blaine counties, who went into restrictions last week.

County officials in those counties enacted the Stage 1 restrictions, whi...