Before you head outside, check the latest fishing proposal, campfire guidance and fire-related road closures. Today’s agency updates distinguish proposed changes from rules already in effect so you can plan with the right information.

In this briefing: Fishing and Regulations | Wildfire and Fire Restrictions | Trail and Access Closures

Fishing and Regulations

• NOAA announces proposed rock shrimp access area off Florida: If you follow Florida fisheries, NOAA’s November 10 bulletin announces a proposed shrimp-fishery access area in the Oculina Bank protected habitat, not an immediate fishing opening (NOAA Fisheries). If finalized, the proposal would allow vessels with valid limited access commercial rock shrimp permits to bottom trawl in the designated area, while other existing coral-protection restrictions would remain (NOAA Fisheries). You can submit comments on the proposed rule from November 12 through December 14, 2026 (NOAA Fisheries).

Wildfire and Fire Restrictions

• Ukiah BLM eases seasonal campfire restrictions: You can again have a campfire with a valid California Campfire Permit on public lands managed by BLM’s Ukiah Field Office unless otherwise posted, the agency announced November 10 (Bureau of Land Management). The easing took effect November 6, but the statewide BLM Fire Prevention Order remains in place, so check the rules and signs for your destination rather than treating this as unrestricted campfire use (Bureau of Land Management).

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Trail and Access Closures

• Updated Foot Creek Fire order lists three closed roads: Before you travel west of Buffalo, Wyoming, note that French Creek, Cull Watt and Hunter Mesa roads remain closed in the Foot Creek Fire area (Bighorn National Forest). The updated order, 02-02-01-26-08, lists National Forest System Roads 366, 368 and 390 in their entirety and is effective from November 10 at 8 a.m. through December 31 at 12 a.m. unless rescinded (Bighorn National Forest). This order supersedes order 02-02-01-26-07 and is intended to protect visitors and allow uninhibited firefighter traffic (Bighorn National Forest).

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Photo: Bureau of Land Management. No individual photographer is identified on the source page. BLM Ukiah announcement and original photo. Illustrative landscape supplied with the Ukiah announcement, not a photograph of current fire conditions. Public-domain reuse under BLM’s digital-rights policy. No claim to original U.S. Government works.