With cooler and wetter weather, burn permit suspensions for the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF), Valdez-Copper River Fire Prevention Area will be lifted beginning on Sunday, June 29, 2025. This suspension is being lifted because of a decrease in fire activity within the designated area due to lower daytime temperatures, higher humidity and wetting rains across the region.
Burning of debris piles, lawns, or utilizing a burn barrel is now allowed with a permit. Cooking and warming type fires, under 3 feet in diameter are also allowed but extreme caution must be used due to the wildfire potential should an ember escape or a fire be left unattended or not completely put out.
State law requires those wanting to conduct any open burning on state, private and municipal lands from April 1 through August 31 to get burn permits from the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection either online or at your local Forestry office. This includes burning brush piles, using burn barrels, agricultural burning and burning of maintained lawns. Burn permits are NOT required for camping, cooking or warming fires less than three feet in diameter with flame lengths less than two feet high. However, it’s not suggested during windy days or when and where there are red flag warnings.
You can also find more information about the Forestry Burn Permit program and suspensions at dnr.alaska.gov/burn
For current information on DOF Burn Permits, call the hotline at DOF Area Offices:
- Tok – (907) 883-1413 ext. 2303
- Delta – (907) 895-5483
- Fairbanks – (907) 451-2631
- Mat-Su Area – (907) 761-6312
- Kenai-Kodiak – (907) 260-4269
- Southwest – (907) 524-3010
- Haines (Northern Southeast Area) – (907) 766-2120
- Valdez/Copper River – (907) 822-8665
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