Blackfoot Valley Dispatch - The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality issued a reminder that only clean, untreated wood and plant material can be burned during the spring and summer burning season, which began March 1.

Materials prohibited from open burning include: 

Food waste

Plastic

Wood that has been coated, painted, stained or treated

Dead animals or animal droppings

Rubber materials

Chemicals

Asphalt shingles...