Dec. 7, 2011 – The Galveston County Commissioners Court, by an order approved Dec. 6, 2011, has lifted the ban on outdoor burning for Bolivar Peninsula. The ban had been in effect since April 21, 2011, due to the excessive drought across the county and Texas.
Significant recent rainfall and colder temperatures have reduced the threat of wildfires, setting the stage for lifting the ban on the peninsula. The Commissioners Court had previously lifted the ban for unincorporated areas of mainland Galveston County on Oct. 11, 2011.
However, citizens are reminded that outdoor burning is illegal in incorporated cities as a matter of law. The Commissioners Court action only affects the unincorporated areas, including Bolivar Peninsula, the San Leon-Bacliff-Bayshore area, the Alta Loma area surrounding Santa Fe, and the Freddieville area between Hitchcock and Bayou Vista.
Emergency management officials will continue to watch rainfall levels to determine when and if the burn ban needs to be reinstituted in these unincorporated areas.

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