UpdatedFri, Apr 30, 2021 at 5:43 pm ET
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Burning almost anything outside including limbs, leaves and other yard debris will be illegal starting Saturday through Sept. 30 unless weather and drought conditions this fall dictate otherwise. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
SMYRNA, GA Starting on Saturday, Smyrna and Vinings will begin their annual summer burn ban. That means burning almost anything outside including limbs, leaves and other yard debris will be illegal.
Cobb County will be one of 54 Georgia counties to ban almost all outdoor fires through Sept. 30. Most of the counties covered by the Georgia burn ban are in and around metro Atlanta.
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division does allow some outdoor fires, including barbecues and campfires for recreational purposes.
UpdatedFri, Apr 30, 2021 at 5:31 pm ET
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Starting Saturday, most outdoor fires in Forsyth County will be prohibited. Here s what s still allowed. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
FORSYTH COUNTY, GA Starting on Saturday, Forsyth County will begin its annual summer burn ban. That means burning almost anything outside including limbs, leaves and other yard debris will be illegal.
Forsyth County will be one of 54 Georgia counties to ban almost all outdoor fires through Sept. 30. Most of the counties covered by the Georgia burn ban are in and around metro Atlanta.
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division does allow some outdoor fires, including barbecues and campfires for recreational purposes.
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Among the few outdoor fires allowed during Georgia s summer burn ban are campfires but only if they re in a ring or pit no larger than 3 by 3 feet and attended by an adult. (Shutterstock / Benevolente82)
GWINNETT COUNTY, GA Starting on Saturday, Gwinnett County will begin its annual summer burn ban. That means burning almost anything outside including limbs, leaves and other yard debris will be illegal.
Gwinnett will be one of 54 Georgia counties to ban almost all outdoor fires through Sept. 30. Most of the counties covered by the Georgia burn ban are in and around metro Atlanta.
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division does allow some outdoor fires, including barbecues and campfires for recreational purposes. However, according to Lt. Steve Mapes of Paulding County Fire & Rescue, those campfires are limited: They must be contained in a ring or pit no larger than 3 by 3 feet, and they must be attended by an adult at all times.
Georgia s U.S. Senators want the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to help state regulators evaluate a proposed mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
Updated at 5:35 p.m. Thursday
Georgia’s two U.S. senators are asking the federal government to get involved in reviewing a controversial proposed mine near the Okefenokee Swamp.
Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff sent a letter this week to Martha Williams, deputy director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, who is a Biden administration appointee. Sens. Tom Carper, D-Del., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., also signed the letter.
The senators are asking the federal agency to help the state of Georgia on the permitting process for a proposed titanium dioxide mine located a few miles from the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.