State Game Lands Campfire Ban Lifted

With recent rains reducing the threat of wildfire, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is lifting the temporary ban on building fires on state game lands.

While camping on state game lands is prohibited, regulations allow game lands users to build small fires for cooking or warming purposes. However, with much of the state under drought conditions and wildfires popping up, the Game Commission on Nov. 5 enacted a temporary ban on game lands campfires.

Conditions have improved since, allowing for the ban to be lifted.

The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which had issued a si...