{"id":121331,"date":"2025-08-05T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/121331\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:38:12","slug":"n-s-bans-hiking-and-use-of-vehicles-in-woods-as-dry-conditions-raise-wildfire-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/121331\/","title":{"rendered":"N.S. bans hiking and use of vehicles in woods as dry conditions raise wildfire fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nova Scotia<\/a>\u00b7New<\/p>\n<p>Provincial government restricting activities in woods as hot, dry conditions persist.<\/p>\n<p>Restrictions go into effect today at 4 p.m. AT<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Aug 05, 2025 11:11 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An all-terrain vehicle is seen on a trail in the woods.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/atv-cross.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Starting Aug. 5 at 4 p.m. AT, no vehicles will be allowed in the woods on Crown and private land across Nova Scotia until Oct. 15 or until weather conditions change amid wildfire concerns. (CBC)<\/p>\n<p>The Nova Scotia government has announced it&#8217;s banning hiking, camping, fishing and use of vehicles such as ATVs in the woods as of 4 p.m. Tuesday\u00a0due to an elevated wildfire risk.<\/p>\n<p>Camping in campgrounds is still permitted, but trail systems through woods are off-limits under the new rules.<\/p>\n<p>The rules are in place for provincial Crown and private land until Oct. 15 or until weather conditions allow them to be lifted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fine for violating the ban is $25,000.<\/p>\n<p>The public can\u00a0still access beaches and parks, except for trail systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With files from Carolyn Ray<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia\u00b7New Provincial government restricting activities in woods as hot, dry conditions persist. Restrictions go into effect today&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":121332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-121331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114977145027685907","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}