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Board ends burn ban, declares drought disaster for Washington County
Summary
The Board adopted a resolution terminating the county burn ban and unanimously approved a drought-disaster declaration that staff said estimates $10.7 million in agricultural losses countywide; supervisors discussed farm impacts and previous lack of state or FEMA action on a prior declaration.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors voted to terminate the local burn ban and to adopt a separate resolution declaring the county a drought disaster area.
Mr. Berry asked the board to approve Resolution 2024-425 to end the burn ban because recent rainfall had alleviated the immediate fire…
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