[pct-l] wood burning stove

[AsABat]

The bans on wood fires in many areas go beyond safety concerns. The
permanent bans have to do with low fuel availability. In both the timberline
areas and the deserts the wood is necessary as a natural resource, breaking
down to amend the soil. Burning even small twigs removes this organic
material from potentially enriching the rocky soils. In addition, banning
fires reduces the temptation to chop up trees and bushes for fuel.

Some, Anza Borrego comes to mind, allow wood fires only with wood your
brought in yourself (no wood gathering), prohibits fires on the ground
(must be in a metal container that has legs to keep the fire from heating
the soil excessively), and prohibits dumping or burying the ash on the
ground. So you have to both carry the wood in and carry the ash out. (I've
done it on more casual backpacks there.)

AsABat

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Most  districts don't treat a wood stove any different
then an open wood cooking fire.  So the same restrictions apply. So if fires
are not allowed in the High Sierra over 9000ft, then you legally can't use a
wood stove.  If fires are illegal, then using a wood stove isn't allowed.
 Others
and I have asked Rangers this question and haven't been satisfied with the
resulting response.

Finding fuel isn't a problem even in the deserts of SoCAL.  But there are
many
places there where using one maybe isn't safe.