BLM's Oregon and Washington fire order ends October 31. Vale District's campfire ban has no posted end date.

Starting November 1, almost every BLM fire restriction order in Oregon and Washington will have ended, and campfires are back on most of that land. The exception is the Vale District in eastern Oregon. Its campfire ban was written to last “until modified or rescinded,” and BLM’s own index page shows no rescission. If you’re headed for Vale District land (its Malheur and Baker field offices), call before you build a fire.

All of this comes from BLM’s Oregon/Washington Fire Closures and Restrictions page and the signed orders it links, read October 31, 2026.

What ends tonight

Three orders expire at the end of October 31:

• The statewide annual order. It runs “until 11:59 p.m. PST on October 31, 2026, or until rescinded.” It bans fireworks, exploding targets, tracer, explosive, steel-component and incendiary ammunition, sky lanterns and shooting at metal targets. It never banned campfires.
• Burns District. A September 25 order bans the same shooting and fireworks items “through October 31, 2026.”
• La Pine Basin (Prineville District). No campfires, charcoal or other open flame on BLM land between South Century Drive and the Fremont-Winema and Deschutes national forests, from May 1 “continuing until October 31, 2026.” Propane and liquid-fuel stoves that meet UL or CSA standards were allowed throughout.

Already lifted

• Medford: “all fire restrictions” removed at 12:01 a.m. October 28.
• Roseburg and Coos Bay: rescinded at 12:01 p.m. October 26.
• Klamath River Canyon (Lakeview District): rescinded at 8:00 a.m. October 23. The rest of the Lakeview District came off September 22.
• Burns’ broader emergency order, Northwest Oregon and eastern Washington (Spokane District) all came off in late September. The Spokane order says fireworks, exploding targets and incendiary bullets stay prohibited “unless otherwise published.”

The one that hasn’t ended

The Vale District order took effect June 27. It bans “any open fire,” including campfires, charcoal and wood-fired stoves. Bottled-gas stoves are allowed, but outside developed sites only inside a 10-foot circle cleared of vegetation. It also bans chainsaws and driving or parking off existing roads.

Its end date reads “until modified or rescinded.” The Vale section of BLM’s index lists closure rescissions for the summer’s fires and no rescission of this order. We searched for an announcement and found none.

We don’t know if Vale has quietly lifted it. Other districts lifting theirs is not a rescission, and an order that hasn’t been rescinded is still the rule. Call the Vale District front desk at 541-473-3144 (the number on its August rescission notice) and ask about the June 27 fire prevention order by name.

What to do

• Know whose land you’re on. These are BLM orders. National forests run on their own forest orders, and BLM’s page notes that the Oregon Department of Forestry and Washington DNR issue their own restrictions.
• Check closures separately. The same page lists burn-area closure orders, including a partial rescission for the Fox Fire area in Baker, Oregon and a Prineville District closure order. We didn’t verify what remains closed under them.
• Read the order, not the headline. Lakeview’s September 21 announcement is titled “Fire Prevention Order,” but the text says the BLM “will rescind” its restrictions.
• The sign wins. A posted notice at a campsite and a ranger’s current instruction beat BLM’s website and this page.

Our Oregon free camping page covers the land types, and how to check a fire restriction stage walks through reading an order.