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.
   
• As of Sunday, November 10th, the Town of Saugerties has put a burn ban in effect.  Here is the official wording:
  
  "Executive Order. Pursuant to the authority vested in me under Town Law Section 29, I Fred Costello, Supervisor of the Town of Saugerties hereby ORDER that there shall be no open burning anywhere within the confines of the Town of Saugerties. This order is issued due to the emergency fire conditions currently existing due to extremely dry conditions and is intended to help prevent forest fires in the Town.  This order shall take effect IMMEDIATELY and shall remain in effect for 30 days, unless earlier terminated  or extended by further executive order. "
   
• The Village of Saugerties has a year-round open-burning ban.