More comment along the IDIOT line....

A couple years back one of our forest/fire prevention patrols in the
Prescott NF found a group with a campfire during restriction time.
They had used the busted up wooden sign where the fire restriction
notice was posted for kindling to start the fire.

<<SIGH>>

Trisha 
Prescott



On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 10:26:13 -0700, "RopingThe Wind" wrote:

> 
> 
> When I left Arizona, the fire was obviously huge then. I recall the
> high SSW 
> side of the mountain and up to Summerhaven being burned. How much of
> the 
> mountain is burned now? Isnt Redington Pass in far East Tucson!? Has
> the 
> fire gone that far east? I also recall them saying something about
> Oracle 
> possibly being threatened? Has the fire stopped traveling north and
> now 
> moving east? How much of the mountain has been burned?
> 
> This is pretty sad to see. I have only visited the top of Mnt Lemmon
a 
> couple of times and it has been years since I was last up there. Wish
> I had 
> gone up there more often (I havent gotten any of the caches up there
> either, 
> for that now unimportant matter). It is really sad to hear if it was
> indeed 
> human caused. Have they yet determined the cause of it yet? I
recalled 
> hearing something about it being human caused. It doesnt matter how
> much you 
> preach to people about how dry the forests are and about the
> restrictions in 
> place and yet some idiot throws a cigerette out the window or starts
a 
> campfire at night. I remember last summer when there was severe
> ristrictions 
> in place (but parts of Tonto were still open at the time), we went
> caching 
> up around state route 188 a bit south of Young. There is a campground
> there 
> near the waterfalls (cant remember names here). I remember driving up
> the 
> dirt road and seeing a couple of RV's camped out there and there was
a
> good 
> size campfire going (even though there was the sign at the entrance
> stating 
> level of fire danger being severe). IDIOTS!!! They ought to throw
> people in 
> jail for that rather then just fine them. Are they really that
> oblivious to 
> the restrictions?
> 
> There are a few good size forest fires in the eastern Washington
> forests up 
> here as well. But, nothing to the scale of the Apsen Fire. Also, some
> fires 
> in Oregon as well. I am on the west side of the Cascade Mnts and the
> forests 
> are a bit wetter over here.
> 
> Scott
> Team Ropingthewind
> 
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