Town Of Saugerties

Saugerties residents should be aware that there are State, County, Town and Village laws that regulate any open burning that might be planned to take place in Saugerties.

Here is a net of what you should know and familiarize yourself with:

• Normally, NY State identifies a brush-burning-ban period each year.  On this year's NY State "Open Burning" page -- https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/air-quality/open-burning -- that ban period was from March 16th through May 14th.  This page is also a handy reference for what can and cannot be burned, campfire safety and the problems with burning trash in general and using burn barrels in particular.
   
• Ulster County has a "Burn Ban" page that lists Ulster County towns that have burn bans -- https://ulstercountyny.gov/emergency-services/burn-ban.  There are 13 towns listed.  The Town of Saugerties is not currently on that list.  The Town Board discusses burn bans as weather conditions dictate ... but at present, there is no burn ban in the Town. 
   
• The Village of Saugerties has a year-round open-burning ban.