The Bureau of Land Management announced in the Federal Register today temporary closures and the prohibition of certain activities on public lands immediately surrounding the site of the 2009 Burning Man event. The closures and prohibitions are necessary to provide for public safety and to protect public resources.
The closures affect a small part of the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails
National Conservation Area Black Rock Desert playa between Aug. 3 and Sept. 18.
"Similar closures for the Burning Man event in past years have been implemented with minimal disruption to other public uses," said Black Rock Field Office Manager Dave Hays.
The closures reserve the 8-mile entrance to the Black Rock Desert playa solely for Burning Man ticket holders, but all other playa access points and 93 percent of the playa, more than 97,000 acres, remains open to public use.
The closure order is posted on the web at http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/wfo.html.
