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July 24, 2003
OUTDOOR BURNING RESTRICTION
Due to high fire danger and expected hot and dry weather conditions
for the next few months, outdoor burning restrictions for the unincorporated
areas of Skagit County will go into effect Wednesday, July 16, 2003,
at 8:00 a.m. This burn restriction will be in effect until weather
conditions allow it to be lifted. If you are within the city limits
of any of the incorporated cities or towns, check with your City Fire
Department for current burning restrictions.
All outdoor burning
permits for the unincorporated areas of Skagit County are suspended
at this time. The only exception to this burn restriction will be
campfires in established campgrounds that have a Campground Fire Permit
from the Skagit County Fire Marshal's Office. Please check with State
and Federal Parks to determine their outdoor burning requirements
for campfires. It is never legal to burn trash or garbage.
This decision
has been made in cooperation with the Skagit County Board of Commissioners,
Washington State Department of Natural Resources, local fire districts
and Northwest Air Pollution Authority.
ADDITIONAL
OUTDOOR BURNING RESTRICTION INFORMATION
The outdoor burn ban for all of the unincorporated areas of Skagit
County is still in effect. This burn restriction will continue to
be in effect until long term weather conditions allow it to be lifted.
If you are within the city limits of any of the incorporated cities
or towns, check with your City Fire Department for current burning
restrictions.
Additional information
regarding the burn ban is as follows:
1. No outdoor
burning of any kind shall be allowed. The only exception to this
burn restriction
will be campfires in established campgrounds that have a valid permit
from the Skagit County
Fire Marshal's Office. This includes all private and County Campgrounds
and Parks located
in the unincorporated areas of Skagit County. The only Skagit County
Campground that
currently has a valid permit is the Howard Miller Steelhead Park.
Please check with State
and Federal Parks to determine their outdoor burning requirements
for campfires.
2. It is not
legal to cook with firewood during a burn ban. For outdoor cooking,
the only
allowable methods are with a propane barbeque or with charcoal briquettes
used in a
barbeque or in a fire pit.
You may obtain
updated County burn restriction information by calling the Skagit
County Fire Warden at (360) 428-3293.
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