[pct-l] illegal campfires

[gschenk1 at roadrunner.com]

Hey Mendorider,

Thanks. There's a lot of illegal fire rings out there. This year has been very dry in Southern California. The chapparal will be ready to burn if you just look at it cross-eyed. Fire is part of the ecology in the mountains in SoCal, but there's no need to help it along.

People died when that idiot with a flare gun started the San Diego fires a few years back. People lose homes, pets and livestock. It's ridiculous to take a chance. And lets face it, it's never that cold down here to need a fire for survival.

Gary

---- Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> 
> Thanks Gary. You did the right thing.
>  
> 
> ________________________________
>  From: "gschenk1 at roadrunner.com" <gschenk1 at roadrunner.com>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 8:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] illegal campfires
>   
> Just got back from a quick trip from Cajon Pass to Vincent Gap. We broke up two fire rings. Don't people look at the burned scrub oak and other scrub brush around them and think about that when they build a fire in the middle of chapparal? And these are thruhikers, nobody else camps through here.
> 
> Gary
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