[pct-l] ZIP stoves

[Brick Robbins <brick@ix.netcom.com>]

Ranger Jensen said:

>Zip <snip>"Stoves" fall into the category of CAMPFIRES, 
>not Backpacker STOVES

I am afraid that she is dead wrong, in accordance with Federal Law.

The Department of Agriculture USFS rules as defined in 
36 CFR 261.2 (Code of Federal Regulations) 
see (http://www.access.gpo.gov:80/nara/cfr/cfr-retrieve.html )
says:

====
Stove fire means a campfire built inside an enclosed stove or gill, a
portable brazier, or a pressurized liquid or gas stove, including a space
heating device
====

By this USDA definition, the USFS can make no distiction between an MSR and
a Zip stove.

The rules in National Parks (department of interior) may be different.

I suppose the head wilderness ranger of Inyo National Forest can choose to
disregard Federal Law in making her rules about Zip stoves, since recent
actions in DC have shown that federal officials don't have to follow the
law.......

-Brick
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