---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 35.10"
title: "50"
number: "35.10"
heading: "Controlled burning."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/35.10"
---

# §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.


## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

Authority: 78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131-1136; 43 U.S.C. 1201.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 25426, Dec. 31, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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