<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpe8b3f3b8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div class="ydpe8b3f3b8signature" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.mtshastanews.com/story/news/2021/08/20/shasta-trinity-klamath-forests-close-fire-danger/8206939002/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mtshastanews.com/story/news/2021/08/20/shasta-trinity-klamath-forests-close-fire-danger/8206939002/</a></div><div class="ydpe8b3f3b8signature"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div class="ydpe3c1b507gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-family: Georgia Pro, Georgia, Droid Serif, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><em><div><h1 class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_hl" style="margin: 6px 0px 0px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 36px; line-height: 38px; font-family: Unify Sans, Helvetica Neue, Arial Nova, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">9 national forests in California, including Shasta-Trinity & Klamath, close Sunday due to fire danger</h1><div class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_by" style="margin: 12px 6px 0px 0px;"><a href="https://www.redding.com/staff/4406666002/jessica-skropanic/" class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_by_a ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_by_a__fi" style="margin: 0px 6px 0px 0px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Unify Sans, Helvetica Neue, Arial Nova, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Skropanic</a><div class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_pb" style="display: inline; margin: 1px 0px 0px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Georgia Pro, Georgia, Droid Serif, serif;">Redding Record Searchlight</div></div><div class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b" style="margin: 6px 0px 0px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; font-family: Georgia Pro, Georgia, Droid Serif, serif;"><a class="ydp15f43e8egnt_em ydp15f43e8egnt_em__fp ydp15f43e8egnt_em_gl ydp15f43e8egnt_em__el" href="https://www.mtshastanews.com/picture-gallery/news/2021/08/18/photos-morgan-fire-grows-inside-lassen-volcanic-national-park/8175786002/" data-t-l=":l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo" data-g-r="nav_mo" data-g-tn="pgcss" data-g-mtn="pg8175786002" data-g-moh="hpgm" data-c-id="8175786002" style="clear: both; max-width: 660px; margin: 12px 0px 30px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="ydp15f43e8egnt_em_gl_i" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/08/18/PRRS/82fec779-1487-402a-b206-f3dd7482f751-MorganFire081721_hvu010.JPG?crop=3749,2109,x0,y382&width=660&height=372&format=pjpg&auto=webp" alt="" style="width: 660px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); max-width: 660px;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" draggable="false"></a><p class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px;"><em>Note to readers: We’ve made this story free as an important public service. If you are able, help power local journalism. Subscribe to your<a href="https://cm.redding.com/subscriberguide" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_a" style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> local newspaper</a>.</em></p><p class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px;">Starting Sunday night, the U.S. Forest Service will shut down nine national forests in California through early September because it considers them too dangerous for visitors.</p><p class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px;">Included are the Shasta-Trinity and Klamath national forests.</p><p class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px;">Extreme fire conditions — including dry brush and trees, low humidity and hot temperatures — are making the forests unsafe, according to a forest service announcement Thursday night.</p><a class="ydp15f43e8egnt_em ydp15f43e8egnt_em_gl ydp15f43e8egnt_em__el" href="https://www.mtshastanews.com/picture-gallery/news/2021/08/12/mcfarland-fire-burns-trinity-county/8116034002/" data-t-l=":l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo" data-g-r="nav_mo" data-g-tn="pgcss" data-g-mtn="pg8116034002" data-g-moh="hpgm" data-c-id="8116034002" style="clear: both; max-width: 660px; margin: 30px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="ydp15f43e8egnt_em_gl_i" data-g-r="lazy" alt="" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/08/10/PRRS/41287746-7cb4-4475-a92f-f278ad20a5bc-234340522_3047230448842327_4700572547540781463_n.jpeg?crop=767,431,x1,y35&width=660&height=372&format=pjpg&auto=webp" style="width: 660px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); max-width: 660px;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" draggable="false"></a><p class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px;">“We have over 100 large fires (burning) nationally,” Plumas National Forest supervisor Chris Carlton said at a Dixie Fire briefing Thursday. We don’t have the resources to battle all those fires and keep the public safe.</p><p class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px;">Temporary closures are necessary to keep people safe and reduce the risk more fires could start, regional forester Jennifer Eberlien said in the announcement. “Fires are running very quickly due to drought conditions."</p><p class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px;"><a href="https://www.mtshastanews.com/story/news/2021/08/19/dixie-fire-updates-fire-over-1-000-square-miles/8190535002/" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_a" style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Dixie Fire won't stop burning:</strong><span class="ydp15f43e8eApple-converted-space"> </span>Covers 699,666 acres in Northern California. Crews 'spread thin'</a></p><p class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px;"><a href="https://www.mtshastanews.com/story/news/2021/08/19/northern-california-fires-burn-more-than-1-million-acres/8190993002/" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_a" style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Fire updates:</strong><span class="ydp15f43e8eApple-converted-space"> </span>PG&E restores power to North State</a></p><p class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px;">The following forests will close at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, and won’t reopen until 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 6, the forest service said.</p><ul class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_ul" style="list-style: outside none none; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><li class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_ul_li">Modoc National Forest</li><li class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_ul_li">Klamath National Forest</li><li class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_ul_li">Plumas National Forest</li><li class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_ul_li">Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit</li><li class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_ul_li">Shasta-Trinity National Forest</li><li class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_ul_li">Lassen National Forest</li><li class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_ul_li">Six Rivers National Forest</li><li class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_ul_li">Mendocino National Forest</li><li class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_ul_li">Tahoe National Forest </li></ul><p class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px;">A tenth forest, the El Dorado National Forest, is already under a temporary closure due to the 68,630 acre Caldor Fire.</p><a class="ydp15f43e8egnt_em ydp15f43e8egnt_em_gl ydp15f43e8egnt_em__el" href="https://www.mtshastanews.com/picture-gallery/news/2021/08/04/photos-dixie-fire-raging-northern-california/5477573001/" data-t-l=":l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo" data-g-r="nav_mo" data-g-tn="pgcss" data-g-mtn="pg5477573001" data-g-moh="hpgm" data-c-id="5477573001" style="clear: both; max-width: 660px; margin: 30px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="ydp15f43e8egnt_em_gl_i" data-g-r="lazy" alt="" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/08/19/PRRS/30839481-100c-4813-8f92-6e9fcbe56399-AP21230228939305.jpg?crop=4561,2566,x0,y228&width=660&height=372&format=pjpg&auto=webp" style="width: 660px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); max-width: 660px;" draggable="false"></a><p class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px;">Forest service staff, some residents and firefighters may enter forest areas. For more information and a full list of exemptions see the closure order at<span class="ydp15f43e8eApple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://go.usa.gov/xF7EM" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_a" style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://go.usa.gov/xF7EM</a>.</p><p class="ydp15f43e8egnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px;"><em>Jessica Skropanic is a features reporter for the Record Searchlight/USA Today Network. She covers science, arts, social issues and entertainment stories. 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