50 CFR § 35.10 - Controlled burning.

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title: "50 CFR § 35.10 - Controlled burning."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "35.10"
section_name: "Controlled burning."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM"
part_number: "35"
part_name: "WILDERNESS PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131-1136; 43 U.S.C. 1201."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 25426, Dec. 31, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
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# 35.10 Controlled burning.

Controlled burning will be permitted on wilderness units when such burning will contribute to the maintenance of the wilderness resource and values in the unit; however, any fire in a wilderness area that poses a threat to resources or facilities outside the unit will be controlled and extinguished.

[36 FR 25426, Dec. 31, 1971, as amended at 37 FR 12067, June 17, 1972]