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Fires outside designated campsites banned at Lake Roosevelt

A dog romps on the Hawk Creek arm shoreline of the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. (Karen Jurasin)
A dog romps on the Hawk Creek arm shoreline of the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. (Karen Jurasin)

PUBLIC LANDS -- Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area has just announced a fire-season ban on all fires outside of designated campfire grates in developed campgrounds.

Other fire and burning restrictions are spreading across Eastern Washington as fires have been breaking out about a month ahead of normal.

Lake Roosevelt officials also note that fireworks are prohibited in the recreation area as well as on most state and federal lands.

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