Lind Research Station receives funding to explore burning alternatives

Two Washington State University research farms and a consultant are expected to receive grant money to explore ways to reduce agricultural burning and the resulting smoke.

The money for the research into alternatives to agricultural burning comes from burn permit fees farmers pay as a part of receiving a burn permit.

The Washington State Clean Air Act established the Agricultural Burning Practices and Research Task Force to work on reducing air pollution emissions from agricultural burning. The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) chairs the task force.

Other task force members represent...