Spring Burning Restrictions
As of March 24th, spring burning restrictions are in effect. Visit the DNR website to view the Fire Danger and Burning Restrictions Map or call the Zimmerman Forestry Office at (763) 279-4300 or the Little Falls Forestry at (320) 232-1061.
What are spring burning restrictions?
- Beginning in 2001 the DNR instituted spring burning permit restrictions in the fire prone portions of the state each spring. During this period of traditionally high fire danger, burning permits are not issued. Dates of the restriction are posted on the DNR website each spring.
- Restricting the issuing of burning permits is not a "burning ban." A burning ban stops all open burning, whether or not regulated by permit.
- Recreational campfires are still permissible under permit restrictions, but not under a burning ban.