{"id":25947,"date":"2026-07-11T12:23:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/?p=25947"},"modified":"2026-07-11T12:23:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:23:25","slug":"burning-restrictions-begin-july-12-in-cook-lake-and-northern-st-louis-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/burning-restrictions-begin-july-12-in-cook-lake-and-northern-st-louis-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning restrictions begin July 12 in Cook, Lake, and northern St. Louis counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22476\" src=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DNR_Logo_RGB-300x55.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota Department of Natural Resources logo with green and blue lettering on white background.\" width=\"300\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DNR_Logo_RGB-300x55.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DNR_Logo_RGB-1024x188.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DNR_Logo_RGB-1536x282.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DNR_Logo_RGB.jpg 1633w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 For more information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>July 11, 2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Contact Karen Harrison, wildfire prevention specialist, 612-468-0254<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Burning restrictions begin July 12 in Cook, Lake, and northern St. Louis counties<\/h1>\n<p>To help ensure public safety and protect natural resources, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is activating burning restrictions beginning at 8 a.m. Sunday, July 12, for Cook, Lake, and northern St. Louis counties in northeast Minnesota. These restrictions apply to non-federal and non-Tribal lands in the affected area.<\/p>\n<p>In the areas affected by the restrictions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No campfires are allowed for dispersed, remote, backpacking, or backcountry camping on all lands, whether there is a designated fire ring or not. On state lands, this means campfires are not allowed in state forests, state day-use or recreational areas, or backpacking sites in state parks.<\/li>\n<li>Campfires are allowed only in an established fire ring associated with a state park, home, cabin, permanent campground, or resort.<\/li>\n<li>No burning of brush or yard waste is allowed. Burning permits will not be issued or activated.<\/li>\n<li>No fireworks may be ignited on any public or private land outside city limits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\">These restrictions are consistent with burning restrictions that are being implemented by the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and Voyageurs National Park. In addition, the U.S. Forest Service has issued restrictions for all campfires in the Superior National Forest in these counties and throughout the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The risk of fire is increased with these unusually dry conditions in the area in combination with the predicted hot, dry, and windy conditions starting Sunday, \u201csaid Karen Harrison, wildfire prevention specialist. &#8220;One unintentional spark could result in thousands of charred acres and property damage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the DNR and wildfire agencies are ready to respond, the responsibility for preventing wildfires largely falls to people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t issue burning restrictions lightly. And Minnesotans have a history of making a difference in preventing wildfires when they keep safety top of mind,\u201d Harrison said.<\/p>\n<p>With little precipitation and above-average temperatures in the extended forecast, fire danger is likely to remain high until the area receives significant precipitation. The burning restrictions will remain in effect until terminated by the DNR. This will happen after weather and environmental conditions indicate a significant reduction in fire danger.<\/p>\n<p>The health and safety of people and firefighters is paramount. If you spot a wildfire, call 911 from a safe location.<\/p>\n<p>A map of the restrictions being that start on July 12 is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/files.dnr.state.mn.us\/mediaroom\/news-releases\/7-11-26%20Enhanced%20Burning%20Restrictions%20in%20NE%20MN\/\">DNR media library<\/a>. Current fire danger and burning restrictions are on the statewide fire danger and burning restrictions page on the DNR website (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.state.mn.us\/forestry\/fire\/firerating_restrictions.html\">mndnr.gov\/burnrestrictions<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 For more information:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":235,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-incidents"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/235"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25948,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25947\/revisions\/25948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}