[pct-l] Fire Permits

[jeffreyn at sonic.net (Jeffrey Zimmerman)]

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:34:11 -0700, Roberta Schneider  
<eagleI45sch@msn.com> wrote:

> ... After the fires started by campers in the Sierras last summer, some  
> National Forests around Tahoe revoked all fire permits and didn't allow
> any flame ... not even stoves. When I questioned rangers in a neighboring
> jurisdiction about it, they hadn't even heard of it. So my suggestion is
> to check with each area separately.

Late last summer, actually mid-September, we ran into some local postings
for "no fires."  This was south of Bishop Pass.  It appeared the postings
were by local fiat rather than something system wide.  But recall that last
year the precipitation was 67% of normal and we're doing much better so far
this year.  Too, that was at the end of summer in the Southern Sierra,
probably not a concern for NoBos.

-- 
Jeffrey Neil Zimmerman
Sonoma County, The Left Coast