DOE rep outlines rules for ag burning

Whitman Conserva-tion District’s annual dinner meeting was at the LaCrosse Community Center Feb. 12 after the district’s board conducted its monthly meeting. Approxi-mately 30 people attended.

Kary Peterson from the Department of Ecology Burn Team presented information about outside burning and burn permits for farmers.

Burning in a burn barrel is now illegal everywhere in Washington.

Only natural vegetation can be burned, and if smoke from a fire affects a neighbor, the fire must be extinguished.

Peterson said composting and chipping are alternatives to burning. Curbside pickup and community-...