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Mountrail County adopts 2025 Fire Disaster Declaration and automatic burn ban
Summary
The county adopted a 2025 Fire Disaster Declaration and Automatic Burn Ban, authorizing Sheriff Corey Bristol or Disaster Emergency Manager Warren Bogert to approve controlled burns.
The Board moved to sign and adopt the 2025 Fire Disaster Declaration and Automatic Burn Ban Proclamation and approved language granting authorization to Corey Bristol and/or Warren Bogert to approve controlled burns when appropriate. The motion passed by unanimous roll call.
The declaration and proclamation place temporary restrictions on open burning within the county to reduce wildfire risk; the minutes record the motion and the specific delegation of authority to the Sheriff or the Disaster Emergency Manager to permit controlled burns when conditions allow.
