Plan Your Ruidoso Adventure: Important Lincoln National Forest Wildfire Safety Guidelines

The Lincoln National Forest is now under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions, beginning March 10, 2025, to ensure public safety and protect forest resources from the risk of wildfire. With dry conditions persisting, forest managers urge visitors to familiarize themselves with these new regulations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly.

Natural experiencesEditorsMarch 10, 2025Lincoln National Forest, fire restrictions and regulations, wildfire season and campfire safety, camping, dispersed camping

Wilderness Camping In Lincoln National Forest

If you’re willing to forgo the amenities of commercial campgrounds and RV Parks, the freedom to pitch your tent away in the wilderness of our national forests is available. “Dispersed camping,” as it’s called by the Forest Service, is legal camping in undeveloped campsites, often just off of forest access roads.

Ellen BaroneAugust 10, 2020camping, Lincoln National Forest, dispersed camping

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