[pct-l] Thru-Hikers and cans (was Scary bear story & nothangingfood)

[dude at fastmail.ca (dude)]

i really don't want to stir up a hornets nest, but every time I raise 
this issue people send links to web pages of *rules*, but I have never 
seen a *LAW* stating that cannisters are required.  The only laws that 
i have seen say that you must use "proper food storage" and that there 
is a fine *if* the bear gets your food.  I guess the theory is that if 
the bears don;t get your food, then you stored it properly. :-)


> dude wrote "Furthermore, I am not entirely sure that the law actually
> state sthat
> cannisters are required.  the law *used* to say that campers are
> responsible for "proper food storage" and can be fined if bears get
> their food.  Perhaps it has changed and now explicitly states that
> cannisters are required? I don't know."
> 
> 
> dude, DUDE!!!!! where ya been? (aside from the fact that this question
> arises on at least an annual basis on this list!!!!!)  See
> http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/recreation/wild/regs_safety/wild_regs/bea
> r.html (for the Inyo NF; scroll down for links to maps showing
> canister-requiring areas), http://www.nps.gov/seki/bear_bc.htm (for
> Sequoia-Kings Canyon NP),
> http://www.nps.gov/yose/wilderness/bfoodstorage.htm (for Yosemite NP).
>  All these regulations typically are codified deep within the bowels
> of the Federal Code of Regulations and have the force of law.  The
> various chiefs (Park Supervisors, District Rangers, etc) have the
> authority to create regulations for health and safety in their
> jurisdictions.  I have the basic citation for the Inyo food storage
> regulation somewhere around if you want it....  That regulation grants
> a lot of discretion to the ranger who catches you - up to a $5,000.00
> fine.
> 
> now THAT's expensive.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
> PCT partially '94
> 
> 
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