County lifts open burning ban

MARYVILLE, Mo. — Nodaway County residents officially have permission to light it up.

Following significant rainfall through most of Tuesday, the County Commission lifted a ban on open burning imposed March 18 following a run of warm, dry, windy weather.

The dry spell produced conditions that contributed to more than a dozen wildfires in various parts of the county, and especially Polk Township, which extends for about 5 miles on each side of Maryville.

Such bans are issued by the county in response to data compiled by the National Drought Mitigation Center.

Early spring is generally a wet time of the year in northwest Missouri, and the season during which rural landowners typically start burning brush that has accumulated over the winter or setting controlled burns required under Conservation Reserve Program guidelines.

In addition, many rural households burn trash and rubbish as a matter of course.