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[JCatt]

At the Grand Canyon a few years back they didn't allow smoking outside during a fire ban. 

[ski3pin]

At the Grand Canyon a few years back they didn't allow smoking outside during a fire ban. 

Same is true here. Smoking only inside a closed vehicle with all the windows closed.

[Mthomas]

Tahoe basin and truckee, all basically in national forest, has banned charcoal and even gas bbq at houses at times. People are the problem, or rather a lack of thinking on the part of people. 

[smlobx]

Just to close out this thread we just returned from a 3 week trip to Big Bend NP, Big Bend Ranch State Park and some other areas in Southern New Mexico.

 

The areas in TX were very dry and a fire ban was in effect in BBNP but interestingly in BBRSP there was no such ban but given the dry conditions, high heat and strong winds we only used our propane stove for cooking outside. It seemed pretty obvious that a fire could easily cause a serious problem in no time flat.

[superduty]

Being able to light a campfire is becoming a thing of the past in California for most of the year. I miss having a campfire while camping. Sadly, I don't see them returning anytime soon.

[Taku]

There have been a number of wildland fires started when campers (or homeowners) have tossed "cold" charcoal grills into the brush and the core of the charcoal briquettes are still hot and they are completely unaware that they just started a fire.