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Nevada sets public-land fire restrictions per land-management unit — there is no single statewide Stage. STAGE 2 HAS ENDED ON THE SIERRA FRONT: BLM's Carson City District rescinded its Stage 2 Fire Prevention Order (issued August 31, 2026) effective 5:00 p.m. on September 21, 2026, citing reduced fire danger (rescission signed by the District Manager on September 18, 2026). BLM Carson City District land reverts to its STAGE 1 order, BLM-CCD-2026-01, effective 12:01 a.m. June 22, 2026 and expiring October 31, 2026 unless rescinded: no fire, campfire or stove fire using wood, charcoal or any other material outside a developed fee campground or picnic area (portable stoves using gas, jellied petroleum or pressurized liquid fuel are allowed); no smoking except inside an enclosed vehicle or building, at a developed recreation site, or while stopped in a barren or cleared area at least 3 feet across; no operating or parking a vehicle or motorized equipment on dried or cured vegetation; and no welding, metal grinding or open-flame torch without a permit. A violation may be charged as a Class A misdemeanor under FLPMA carrying a fine of up to $100,000 and up to 12 months in jail, plus liability for suppression and damage costs. SHOOTING STILL DIFFERS BY AGENCY: the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Carson Ranger District's Emergency Recreational Shooting Order (04-17-26-01-05, signed August 14, 2026) bars discharge of a firearm, air rifle or gas gun between 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on all National Forest System lands, roads and trails in that district through October 31, 2026, with legal hunting, permit holders and on-duty officers exempt and a violation a Class B misdemeanor carrying a fine of up to $5,000. SOUTHERN NEVADA STAGE 1 HAS ENDED: BLM's Southern Nevada District rescinded its Stage 1 Fire Prevention Order of May 29, 2026 effective 12:01 a.m. Thursday, October 1, 2026, due to reduced fire danger (signed by the District Manager September 25, 2026); its Year-Round Fire Prevention Order stays in effect. Lake Mead National Recreation Area rescinded its May 29, 2026 fire restriction order effective 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2026 (Superintendent's letter of September 24, 2026); fireworks, including "safe and sane," remain prohibited at all times at Lake Mead. The interagency list shows both rescissions in effect and no longer shows separate Stage 1 orders for the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area or Reclamation land in Clark County (it lists the Spring Mountains year-round order); LawLert has not read a rescission for those two, so check with the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest or Reclamation before any campfire there. GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK remains at STAGE 2 (effective July 3, 2026). STAGE 1 restrictions remain in effect across essentially all other Nevada public land: the BLM Nevada statewide Fire Prevention Order (effective May 1, 2026), plus Northeast Nevada (BLM Elko District, June 12; Humboldt-Toiyabe Mountain City and Jarbidge Ranger Districts), Central Nevada (BLM Battle Mountain and Winnemucca Districts; Santa Rosa Ranger District), and on the Sierra Front the Humboldt-Toiyabe Carson and Bridgeport Ranger Districts and the Nevada Division of Forestry Western Region. Stage 1 bars campfires and charcoal outside agency-approved developed recreation sites. Always prohibited on all BLM and Forest Service land in Nevada: fireworks and any pyrotechnic or incendiary device, explosives including binary exploding targets, ammunition with tracer, incendiary or steel components, and operating any engine without a working spark arrestor. Restrictions are set unit by unit and change with conditions — confirm your exact area before you burn.

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