What changed · October 17, 2026
Minnesota · Burn Bans
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Minnesota requires a DNR burning permit for open debris burning statewide, and restrictions are set county by county on the DNR's burning-restrictions map, which is updated daily. 18 CENTRAL MINNESOTA COUNTIES ARE NOW RESTRICTED: on October 16, 2026 the DNR moved Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Cass (southern unit), Chisago, Crow Wing, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Ramsey, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Washington and Wright counties to "Restricted - Agency Approved Permits Only", so in those counties burning permits are limited to agency-approved permits and you should not plan to burn brush or yard waste on an ordinary permit. The other 74 of the map's 92 county units, including Cook, Lake, both St. Louis County units, northern Cass and Brown, remain at Permits Required: a DNR burning permit is needed before you burn brush or yard waste. No county is at No Open Burning, at Restricted - Variance Permits Only, or at the top level, Elevated Burning Restrictions. The map does not say how these levels treat campfires, and the DNR changes them county by county, often daily, so check the DNR restrictions map for your county before burning or lighting any fire.
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