San Corpoforo Beach Overnight Camping & Campfires Prohibition Order by USFS

FOREST ORDER NO. 05-07-51-26-03
USDA FOREST SERVICE
LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST
SAN CARPOFORO BEACH

OVERNIGHT CAMPING AND CAMPFIRE PROHIBITION
Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 36 C.F.R. § 261.50 (a) and to provide for the protection of natural resources the following acts are prohibited in the Monterey Ranger District within the Los Padres National Forest. This Order is effective from April 8, 2026 through April 7, 2027.

The following acts are prohibited on San Carpoforo Beach, which includes all National Forest lands west of Highway 1 to the mean high tide line of the Pacific Ocean in Section 16, Township 25 South, Range 6 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, as shown on the attached map: [Ed note: I did not attach it as I think most of my readers know where it is]

1. Overnight camping. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(e).

2. Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire.
36 C.F.R. § 261.52(a).

Pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this Order:

1. Any Federal, State or Local Law Enforcement Officer or member of an organized rescue or fire-fighting force in the performance of an official duty.

These prohibitions are in addition to the general prohibitions in 36 C.F.R. Part 261, Subpart A, including, but not limited to, 36 C.F.R. § 261.8(d), possessing a dog not on a leash or otherwise confined.

A violation of these prohibitions is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 for an individual or $10,000 for an organization, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 18 USC §§ 3559, 3571, and 3581.

Executed at Solvang, California, this 7th day of April, 2026.

Jeanne E. Dawson
Deputy Forest Supervisor
Los Padres National Forest