Burn Permits Are Required Statewide For Anything Larger Than A Small Cooking Or Warming Fire

NOTICE FROM ALASKA DIVISION OF FORESTRY  

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Burn Permits are  required  state-wide 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 http://dnr.alaska.gov/burn.