Interesting. Who put the fires out before we showed up a few hundred years ago? Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com> To: <PCT-L@mailman.backcountry.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 12:29 PM Subject: [pct-l] beneficial fires This is why no fires are premitted above 10,000 ft. in most areas of the Sierra. Steve