ODNR burn ban includes Carroll County

Due to severe drought conditions, the Ohio State Fire Marshal last week issued a burn ban in several Ohio counties, including Carroll County.
The list also includes – Athens, Belmont Fairfield, Fayette, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Jefferson, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Tuscarawas, Vinton and Washington.
Examples of outdoor activities prohibited by this order in the ban area include the following:
Lighting or maintaining a fire of any type at any location
Smoking (including cigarettes or similar devices, and as part of a cooking process)

- Non-electric cooking (regardless of fuel source)

– Using or discharging any type of fireworks

– Throwing down/discarding lighted or smoldering material (including matches or cigarettes)

– Campfires

– Bonfires

– Live fire training even

– Flame effect(s) based displays or exhibitions (including sky lanterns and cold spark machines)

– Using spark causing devices for recreational purposes

Those planning to camp at one of the state parks or forests are asked to check https://bit.ly/3cpu4nC for updates on specific park and forest information. 

For more info on the burn ban, please go to https://bit.ly/3XecnuV. Ohio State Parks Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry.

Also due to drought conditions, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA)  is extending much-needed emergency credit to farm operators in primary and contiguous counties through the FSA emergency loans.

 According to a release from USDA, Carroll County is a contiguous county and as such,  farmers are eligible for the loans.

 Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or to refinance certain debts. The deadline to apply is April 28, 2025.

 According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the counties suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of severe drought for eight of more weeks of an extreme or exceptional drought.