GNC.4.9.080 Special Authority to Restrict Burning

This chapter authorizes the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board to restrict and forbid the setting of any type of fire or burning within the exterior boundaries of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, by any person, when there is a dangerously dry season. Setting of fire or burning in this particular Section will include but will not be limited to the burning of paper or garbage, burning of leaves, campfires, outside cooking units with the exception that homes where a stove or appliance is located inside the home which is needed in the preparation of food or for heat will be exempted from the restriction and prohibition of fire or burning under this section. Proper notice will be given to the public when this restriction goes into effect by the following notification:

(a) An announcement in the Sawyer County Record and the LCO Times.

(b) Posting notices at the Tribal Office, LCO Conservation Department and other Tribal enterprises.

(c) Announcement over the radio such as WOJB.