Hot and dry conditions across Central Oregon have prompted local authorities to implement fire restrictions on federal lands beginning Monday.

The restrictions impact the Deschutes National Forest, the Ochoco National Forest, the Crooked River National Grasslands and the Prineville District Bureau of Land Management. Starting Monday these agencies move into a Stage 1 public fire use restriction, meaning:

• Open fires will be banned on public lands when they are outside of designated campgrounds in Central Oregon, except in Deschutes National Forest wilderness areas: Mount Jefferson, Mount Washington, Three Sisters, Diamond Peak and Mount Thielsen.

This rule applies to wood stoves and charcoal briquette fires on public lands in Central Oregon.

• Smoking is prohibited except within an enclosed vehicle or building, designated campgrounds, or while stopped in an area at least 3 feet in a diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material.

• Travel off developed roads and trails also is not allowed except for the purpose of going to and from a campsite located within 300 feet of an open developed road.

As of Wednesday, 85 human–caused fires had burned 5,612 acres in Central Oregon this year. The region has experienced just one lightning-caused fire, which burned one-tenth of an acre.