Camping at Big Pine next week. Does the camp host have fire wood for sale or do I need to bring my own? Thanks.
Fire wood
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Bass-O-Matic
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Neither it appears...
Desirable as a campfire is, it just isn't safe in tinder dry conditions these days. I encountered 3 wildfires along I-90 in the past week, 2 unattended, but all reported. I don't know what's going on . . . sparks from vehicles, smokers throwing cigarette butts out the window, but lightning didn't seem likely in any of those cases.
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Not sure if either of these apply but I'm with @Salmo_g.
I'll be in a BLM campground over the weekend but I guess I'll have to go with the ambience of my retro Coleman battery lantern. 
Yes, I get knew that, but from the same posting..."Please be aware that Public Lands (Department of Natural Resources, United State Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management) each have their own jurisdictions and authorities for outdoor burning rules on those lands. Here are some helpful links to help you find the burn ban information with each agency." Big Pine is BLM land and the reservation website does not mention a ban and indicates campfires are allowed in designated fire pits. That said, I have a gas fire pit I could bring. Just would rather not lug it and the gas cylinder if I don't have to. I'll look for more information from BLM.Neither it appears...
Edit: Looking further (https://www.blm.gov/press-release/fire-restrictions-increasing-public-lands-eastern-washington), guess I will lug the gas fire pit or go without.
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Guppy Chow
There is a link in that article to the BLM current fire restrictions. No fires, including charcoal briquette fires, even with provided metal rings: https://www.blm.gov/press-release/fire-restrictions-increasing-public-lands-eastern-washington
Here's the pertinent text:
"Fire Restrictions Increasing for Public Lands in Eastern Washington
Spokane, WA – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District will increase fire restrictions on public lands administered by the BLM and the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in eastern Washington. The fire restrictions order has been modified to prohibit the building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, including charcoal briquette fires, even when contained within provided metal rings.
The temporary ban will take effect July 8, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. in the following counties: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima."
I'm with you on that, especially since I camp out of my pickup with already limited space.
That said, it's alot cleaner than packing wood which is now discouraged due to the potential of disease spread.
USFS campgrounds in the Naches drainage had signs posted at the registration stations that didn’t allow even those.
That’s the first time I’d ever seen that, and I was considering going that route and buying one myself.
Lots of burned and burning up landscape visible there and on the way since I last visited the area, so it’s understandable.
Bass-O-Matic
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UPDATE per Daily Record
Burn ban to be lifted Friday
- DAILY RECORD STAFF
- Updated 5 hrs ago
