Burn Permit Application

Per Nebraska Statute 81-520.01 (LB823, effective July 18, 2026), a permitted burn is either a controlled or a prescribed burn:

• Controlled burning (choose Open Burn) — a nonbroadcast burn primarily to clean up or remove debris or vegetation from a debris pile, ditch, or other condition where the spread of fire is limited to a small area.
• Prescribed burning (choose Land Management) — a form of controlled burning that includes planning for the systematic application of fire to manage vegetation on land utilized for grazing, pasture, forests, or grassland, control weeds, pests, insects, and disease, prevent wildland fires, manage watersheds, benefit wildlife, care for windbreaks, and conduct scientific research.