Best Management Practices

Applicants must use Best Management Practices to complete their application.

Best Management Practices (BMPs):

Agricultural burning is allowed when it is reasonably necessary to carry out the enterprise. A farmer can show burning is reasonably necessary when it meets the criteria of the BMPs and no practical alternative exists. BMPs are one of the ways to demonstrate the need to burn. Growers not using BMPs must establish that their proposed burn is reasonably necessary and that no practical alternative is available. The burden of proof is on the grower, and the demonstration must satisfy the Department of Ecology and the local delegated permitting authority, if there is a local permitting authority.

Current BMP Information

BMP - Cereal Grain
BMP - Non-cereal Grain
BMP - Orchard Crops
BMP - Spot Burn
BMP - Bale Burn
Alternatives to Burning