Burn Permits Required Statewide Until August 31st, DNR Says

Cool & Wet Weather Is Currently Keeping Fire Activity Down, Says DNR  

April 28th, 2026 

Powerline chars a dangling cottonwood.
(Photo, Division of Forestry)

What Does Forestry Think We Can Expect? 

Looking at the long-term weather forecast, an active and unsettled pattern is expected to persist across much of Alaska, with no significant pattern change into the weekend. This system could bring very strong gusts, widespread precipitation and mountain snow for Southcentral as it works its way north. Keep in mind conditions will change quickly as the sun and warmer spring weather returns. Dead and down vegetation will dry quickly , leaving the potential for wildland fires very likely. 

Burn Permits are  required  statewide in Alaska from April 1^st to August 31^st for anything larger than a cooking/warming fire that is three feet in diameter and two feet in height. These permits include a brush pile of organic material not exceeding 10 feet in diameter by 4 feet in height, a burn barrel for burning only untreated wood, leaves, grass clippings, carboard and paper or burning a maintained lawn of less than 1 acre. 

For more information on the Burn Permit program go to dnr.alaska.gov/burn.