LINCOLN – Only one Nebraska state park area will allow fireworks this Fourth of July. Visitors to Fort Kearny State Recreation Area will be allowed to touch off fireworks on July 4.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission urges guests to be careful when lighting fireworks, which will be allowed from 8 a.m. until midnight.
Due to exceptional drought conditions, Branched Oak, Wagon Train, Memphis, and Pawnee SRAs will not permit fireworks as they have in past years.
Wagon Train SRA was expected to permit firework activity before extreme drought conditions were updated earlier this week.
Signs at Fort Kearny will point the way to designated fireworks sites, and boundaries will be clearly marked. Use of fireworks elsewhere in state park areas or at other times is prohibited.
Only fireworks approved for sale in Nebraska by the state fire marshal are permitted, and visitors must pick up expended fireworks and deposit them in appropriate containers. Minor children must be supervised when discharging fireworks.
Use, possession, and discharge of fireworks are at the sole risk of the users.
A park entry permit is required for all vehicles entering Fort Kearny SRA.
