[pct-l] Burn Bans

[Dan Jacobs]

It depends on the burn ban, sometimes, not every time. some burn bans
will specify what is allowed. Some won't be clear enough to be able to
know what is allowed. Some are small area specific. Some are
statewide.

How do you get this info while on the trail? Might be difficult in
some areas. Keep your eyes open, and if in doubt, practice an insane
amount of caution, which is a good idea already, but even more
important when you are miles from everywhere and can't communicate
easily with emergency services.

Any guidance for fire ring building to reduce it's impact is a good
practice for cooking fires, no matter what stove you are using.
Paranoid about fire folks (like me) use something under their stove to
make it stable and protect from spills or accidents if they should
occur. Clear an area much larger than you really need, remove all
burnable material from that area, make only the fire you absolutely
need, make sure it is out and cold, make sure it is out and cold
(yeah, I did that twice), and then return the area as much as possible
to what it looked like before you got to it. If it looks like no one
was ever there, it's about right.

The above is only my opinion. There may be legal, moral, or ethical
requirements that are more stringent, and that's cool, too.

Dan Jacobs
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