If recent cool nights and heavy morning dew are tempting you to toss a match onto that pile of tree limbs, dead grass and other debris that's accumulated over the summer in your backyard, Neil Miller, wildland fire supervisor for the Oregon Department of Forestry, has some advice: Don’t do it.

“We’re still in fire season,” he said. “Fire restrictions remain in place for industrial users and the general public. Backyard burning is still banned.”

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