Douglas Forest Protective Association release - The Douglas Forest Protective Association (DFPA) has announced that the 2026 fire season will officially begin Saturday, May 30, 2026, at 12:01 AM.  All private, county, state, and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) land within the Douglas District are included in the fire season declaration. On private, county, state, and BIA lands, certain fire restrictions are imposed to help prevent wildfires.  In addition to the declaration of fire season, the DFPA will implement Public Use Restrictions Saturday, May 30, 2026, at 12:01 am on private, county, state, and BIA lands within the Douglas District. The public use restriction level will be set to LOW, which imposes certain fire restrictions on the public to help prevent wildfires.  Public use restrictions will be assessed and announced later for the Umpqua National Forest and the Roseburg District BLM. These fire prevention restrictions are put in place to ensure fire-prone activities do not start wildfires.  For more information on the Umpqua National Forest restrictions, please visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/umpqua/fire.  For further information on BLM-managed lands, please visit https://www.blm.gov/orwafire.  The following fire prevention measures will be in effect on private, county, state, and BIA land within the Douglas District.  The Coos Forest Protective Association has not announced dates for this year’s Fire Season yet.