{"id":58046,"date":"2023-06-02T14:35:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T18:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=58046"},"modified":"2023-06-02T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T18:36:00","slug":"lee-county-lifts-burn-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2023\/06\/lee-county-lifts-burn-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County lifts burn ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lee County\u2019s burn ban that has been in effect since March 10 has been lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/350982999_806062177756169_8860894313228707930_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/350982999_806062177756169_8860894313228707930_n-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/350982999_806062177756169_8860894313228707930_n-1-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Recent rainfall and anticipated additional precipitation led the county to not renew the ban. The county coordinated with the Lee County Fire Chiefs\u2019 Association and the Florida Forest Service, both of which support the expiration of the burn ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials still encourage residents who need to burn to do so responsibly and follow rules for burning. Information is available from the Florida Forest Service&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdacs.gov\/content\/download\/4743\/file\/know_the_law.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>. Residents of municipalities should also check their city\u2019s website in case more restrictive rules exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>County officials will continue to monitor conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To receive updates from Lee County Government, sign up for the newsletter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leegov.com\/resources\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>. Follow Lee County Government on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leecountyflbocc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee County\u2019s burn ban that has been in effect since March 10 has been lifted. Recent rainfall and anticipated additional precipitation led the county to not renew the ban. The&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":58047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[2359],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58048,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58046\/revisions\/58048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}