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As the burned area rehabilitation for the Whitewater-Baldy fire comes to an end, Forest officials, in cooperation with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, have lifted the area closure for most of the fire area. Public safety remains a high priority and selected trails will remain closed until a thorough assessment of trail conditions can be completed.

AREA DESCRIBED: Campgrounds and Facilities closed: · Gilita Campground · Ben Lilly Campground · Willow Creek Campground and Trailhead · Gilita Campground Road (FR 28E) · o parking or overnight camping is authorized on either side of Catron County Road CAT-C073, (formerly known as FR 507), on Forest System Lands

Trails closed: · West Fork Corral Trail (FT 814) is closed

· West Fork Tmil (FT 151) is closed from Willow Creek Trailhead to the junction with Forest Trail 30

· Whitewater Baldy Trail (FT 172) is closed from the junction with West Fork Trail (FT 151) west to the junction with the Crest Trail (FT 182)

· Mogollon Baldy Trail (FT 152) is closed from the junction with Crest Trail (FT 182) to the junction with Gobbler Canyon Trail (FT 221)

· Gobble Canyon Trail (FT 221) is closed from the junction with Mogollon Baldy Trail (FT 152) to the junction with Mogollon Trail (FT 153)

· Crest Trail (FT 182) is closed

· Redstone Trail (FT 206) is closed

· Deloche Trail (FT 179) is closed · Whitewater Creek Trail (FT207 is closed from the Wilderness Boundary to the junction with FT182 at Hummingbird Saddle

· South Fork Whitewater Trail (FT 212 is closed from the Wilderness Boundacy to the junction with FT 181 at Camp Creek Saddle

· East Fork Whitewater Trail (FT213) is closed

· Little Whitewater Creek Trail (FT 214) is closed

· Holt Gulch Trail (FT 217) is closed

· Straight Up Trail (FT215) is closed

· Holt Apache Trail (FT 181) is closed

· North Fork Big Dry Creek Trail (FT 225) is closed

· Little Dry Creek Trail (FT 180) is closed

· Rain Creek 74 Mountain Trail (FT 189) is closed from the Rain Creek trailhead north and east to the junction with Mogollon Trail (FT153)

· West Fork Mogollon Trail (FT 224) is closed

· Golden Link Trail (FT 218) is closed

· Grouse Mountain Trail (FT 781) is closed

· Bead Spring Trail (FT 138) is closed

· Gilita/Middle Fork Trail (FT 157) from the trailhead near Willow Creek, easterly to the Middle Fork Gila River, just below Snow Lake is closed

· Mogollon Creek Trail FT 153 is closed from Trail Canyon westerly to the junction with Rain Creek Trail FT 189

· Turkeyfeather Mtn. Trail FT 102 is closed

Portions of the Catwalk Recreation Trail will reopen on 10/6/2012. For more information visit www.fs.usda.gov/gila/