From the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources: 

Gov. Mike Easley announced that N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Bill Ross will temporarily lift the ban on open burning for all 100 counties in North Carolina. Recent rains across the state, while not ending the drought, are sufficient to make carefully tended open burning safe to reduce the amount of dry forest debris and cut the potential for larger, more intense and harder-to-control fires later in the year, especially during the spring fire season.

Full Press Release: http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/news/newsdesk.htm#0102081

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