The Manti-La Sal National Forest on Wednesday reopened roads and trails leading to popular recreation areas north of the Bears Ears buttes as containment grew on the nearby Peavine Canyon and Poison Canyon fires. Dry Mesa Road (Forest Road [FR] 50108) is open from its intersection with FR 50340. Restrictions also were lifted on spur roads north of Dry Mesa Road. Peavine Corridor (FR 50089) reopened at the trailhead junction with South Elk Ridge Road (FR 500888). Hikers are likewise free to use the Brushy Knoll Trail (Forest Trail 023) and Peavine Canyon (Forest Trail 157). “We know that hunters and hikers want access to Dry Mesa and these other parts of the forest and wilderness area,” Incident Commander John Shaffer said Tuesday, July 13. “It wasn’t safe to allow that until our containment numbers got closer to 100%.” Containment on Tuesday was 85% on the Poison Canyon Fire and 90% on the Peavine Canyon Fire. Acreage stayed the same on both fires, though some interior fuels continued to burn.