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Umatilla County narrows burn ban to allow limited agricultural field burning under smoke rules
5455401 · July 22, 2025
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Summary
After discussing smoke-management rules and existing ordinances, commissioners carved an exception into the county burn ban to allow farmers to burn under the county’s smoke-management and burn-day requirements.
The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners directed staff to allow limited agricultural field burning under existing smoke-management and burning-ordinance rules at its July 22 administrative meeting.
County staff said the board had adopted a countywide burn ban effective July 1 that included an agricultural burn prohibition. Following a request from a caller and…
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