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Brown County commissioners begin work on temporary exception to burn permit rules for CRP season
Summary
Commissioners discussed a draft change that would allow local fire chiefs limited authority to permit Conservation Reserve Program burns between Feb. 1 and April 15, and asked staff to bring formal language back next week for a vote.
Brown County commissioners reviewed a proposed change to the county's burn-permit policy aimed at giving local fire chiefs limited authority to approve Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) burns during a short seasonal window.
The proposal would align some county practice with the state rangeland fire index by allowing early-morning or late-evening burns when the state's index indicates 'high' danger but conditions during those limited hours would otherwise permit safe operations. Commissioners and staff discussed narrowing the change to CRP burns between Feb. 1 and April 15, the period many landowners use to complete required burns for CRP compliance.
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