[pct-l] HYOH- campfires

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Johanna

You might hang some pictures of the damage that past fires have done 
with your signs.  However, I tend to think that those who want to build 
a fire will do it anyway.  You know how many of us think... "That will 
never happen to me."

Shepherd


On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Johanna Santore wrote:

> I maintained the water cache at Swarthout Canyon last year and plan on
> doing the same this year.  It is a very high fire danger area and
> fines for fires are expensive.  I put up signs at the cache but still
> there were people building campfires last summer.  One was so huge it
> looked like a bonfire!  I will put up signs again this year, but if
> anyone has any suggestions on getting people to read and follow the
> signs, it would be appreciated.  I live only a few minutes away and a
> wildfire can travel very fast thru this area.
>
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