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Rice Growers Burning Information 

In addition to a fire agency-issued burn permit, a District Burn Permit is required for burning agricultural waste; land clearing waste; or levee, ditch, timber harvesting operations, prescribed burning, and right-of-way clearing waste.  Please contact the District if you have any questions regarding burning requirements.

For all agricultural burning, burn day status is only reported for the current day.  You can find the burn day status either on our homepage on our website and  report the burning of piled orchard prunings on the Open Burning page or call the agricultural burn line at (530) 332-9406 or toll free @ 1-855-332-9406 and leave a message with the following information:
•    Valid burn permit number
•    What you plan to burn (crop)
•    How many acres you plan to burn
•    Location of where you plan to burn
•    Phone number where you can be reached

Burning is allowed only on Permissive Burn Days, when forecast weather conditions create enough air movement to permit good smoke dispersal. Burning is also restricted to certain times of the day. All burn permit holders must comply with local fire protection agency permit requirements.

Please note that agricultural burning is only allowed in the Local Responsibility Areas (LRA) in Butte County when CAL FIRE determines the fire danger is elevated due to dry fuels.  This is typically associated with the seasonal resdiential "burn ban".  No burning other than prescribed burns planned in advance with the District and CAL FIRE is allowed in the State Responsibility Areas (SRA) during those times.  A map showing the boundaries of the LRA and SRA is located here.  If you have further questions about CAL FIRE requirements, contact your local fire department.