What changed · June 25, 2026
Montana · Burn Bans
current restrictions
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The rule today
Montana issues fire restrictions per land-management unit (county, national forest, BLM district, FWP site) — there is no single statewide Stage. As of July 29, 2026, Montana DNRC's official Active Fire Restrictions dashboard shows Stage 1 restrictions in exactly TWO counties — WHEATLAND and RICHLAND — covering state, private and Montana FWP lands in both (forested and non-forested zones); no other state or private restrictions are posted. Under Stage 1: no building, maintaining or using a campfire except in an agency-provided ring at a developed recreation site, and no smoking except inside a vehicle or building, at a developed site, or while stopped in a cleared area at least 3 feet across; devices fueled solely by LPG/propane with a shut-off valve are allowed. Year-round wildland baseline: no fireworks, no exploding or binary targets, no tracer or steel-core ammunition, and internal-combustion engines need a working spark arrestor. Federal units (USFS, BLM) set their own restrictions separately — confirm your exact county and land unit on the interagency map before any open flame.
✓ Verified against the official source · July 29, 2026 · Official source ↗
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