PENDLETON — The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners in its meeting Wednesday, Sept. 22, voted to lift the county’s burn bans.

The ban in agricultural burns ended at noon Sept. 22 and the nonagricultural ban ends Oct. 1.

The action excludes any land state, federal and tribal governments own or is inside a fire district, according to a press release from the Umatilla County Department of Land Use Planning.

The county adopted the bans in early summer due to severe drought conditions. The bans prohibited agricultural burning, burn barrels, yard and garden debris piles and small-scale residential burning.

The county noted in the press release that burn day protocol remains in effect, and those who wish to burn should call the county burn line at 541-278-6397 or check the county’s website, www.co.umatilla.or.us, open the dropdown menu under “Popular” and click the link to buring information.

Burn day determinations also are on Facebook at Umatilla County Smoke Management.