Burn Bans being lifted in Island, Skagit and Whatcom counties. Click on the appropriate link below for more information: Island County, Skagit County, Whatcom County. For additional outdoor burning information, visit www.nwcleanair.org
Below are the most recent Burn Ban announcements in NWCAA
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As of Monday, Aug. 8th at 8:00 a.m., open burning and unauthorized recreational fires are restricted in Island, Skagit and Whatcom counties until further notice. County fire officials have called a burn ban due to dry weather conditions. Click here for additional information. If residing within the city limits of any of the incorporated cities or towns, contact your city fire department for current burning restrictions.
Residential yard debris and land-clearing burning remains permanently banned in the following cities & urban growth areas:
- Island County: Coupeville, Freeland, Langley, Oak Harbor
- Skagit County: Anacortes, Burlington, Conrete, Hamilton, La Conner, Lyman, Bay View, March’s Point, Sedro-Woolley
- Whatcom County: Bellingham, Blaine, Everson, Ferndale, Lynden, Nooksack, Sumas, Birch Bay, Cherry Point, Columbia Valley
Click here for information about alternatives to burning or call your local solid waste department.
The Northwest Clean Air Agency is not responsible for issuing fire safely burn bans. We provide information about fire-safety burn bans as a courtesy to our regional Fire Marshals.
Fire danger level has been raised to HIGH in Whatcom, Skagit, and Island Counties. Beginning Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 8:00 am, recreational burning will ONLY be allowed in approved campgrounds with approved fire enclosures and a campground host or warden on duty. All recreational fires must be extinguished by 10:00 pm. Call your local fire department for additional information.
This burn ban will go into effect Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 8:00 AM. It is limited to all fires except for recreational fires. Recreational fires are less than 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet high and are for cooking and pleasure only. Recreational fires must be contained within a fire pit that has been cleared of all combustible material within a 10 foot radius, must be monitored at all times and must have a water source readily available (at a minimum, a charged water hose or a 5 gallon bucket of water).
This modified burn ban will be in effect until further notice. You may obtain updated County burn restriction information by calling the Skagit County Fire Warden at (360)428-3293.Effective 1 July 2009 at 8A.M., until further notice, the following conditions apply: (1) NO OUTDOOR BURNING OF NATURAL DEBRIS – EVEN WITH A PERMIT and (2) RECREATIONAL / COOKING FIRES ALLOWED ONLY IN APPROVED FIRE PITS lined with concrete or metal, such as in established campgrounds. Outdoor cooking is also allowed on a propane barbecue, or a barbecue with briquettes, or a self-contained camp stove.