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Wahkiakum County Sheriffs Department|May 9, 2019

County Officials implemented an Emergency Burn Ban in Wahkiakum County, WA, last Wednesday. A lack of precipitation and dry weather conditions forecast for the weekend prompted a coordinated burn ban for SW Washington. Effective 12:01 A.M., Thursday, May 9, 2019, officials from Wahkiakum County are enacting a ban on all outdoor burning until weather conditions improve. All land clearing, residential and silvicultural burning is banned until further notice. This burn ban does not apply to federally managed land within Wahkiakum County. However,...