The Saddle Complex Fire southwest of Painted Rocks State Park burned more than 20,000 acres in very remote and hilly terrain, meaning access to many areas of the fire will be difficult. The 41 Complex fires was a group of fires that burned in the Sapphire Mountains east of Corvallis.

The proposal includes designating approximately 19,100 acres of the 41 Complex fire off Skalkaho Highway and the Saddle Complex fire on the West Fork District as a commercial and personal use harvest area. An additional 28,600 acres on both fires will be designated as a personal use only harvest area.

Under the proposal, the Bitterroot National Forest will not be issuing any special camping permits to mushroom harvesters and no heavy equipment will be allowed. All mushroom harvesting on the national forest is limited to hand picking.

According to Skipper, there is usually an increase of traffic into forested areas the spring after a big burn, but she doesn’t anticipate any major problems with illegal camps.

“You’re always going to have problems like that, but hopefully it will be minimal,” she said.