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David K
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Nice!
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motoged
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Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  | | Quote: Originally posted by motoged | Two years ago I wasn't allowed entry to Washington state as I had some firewood in the truck....had to return to Canada to dump the wood.
Damn, it was two night's worth of dry birch and tamarack....
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If it is not too far out of your way on your next trip south, swing through Grass Valley CA and I can fill your truck with firewood!
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Thanks for the offer, Gary. With my luck, the guy at Tecate would turn me around 
In Baja I look for mesquite.
This winter I built up a good wood stash for summer camping.....now summer is here, the province is on fire....so maybe this October I could have a
fire....
Don't believe everything you think....
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MrBillM
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Mesquite
In California, all varieties of Mesquite are protected as threatened species with a fine of not less than $1500 and not more than $2500 per violation.
So far this year, up at our campground in Poppet Flats, I've called the CA Fish and Wildlife tip line on two different campers for
"harvesting" limbs. No idea what the results were.
Given that wood fires are prohibited within the park, what they're doing is doubly wrong.
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Maderita
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Perhaps you are confusing mesquite with manzanita? Easy to do as both start with the letter "M" and are great for cooking fires. In California,
Manzanita is an endangered plant species, protected by the California Endangered Species Act. In the Sierra de Juarez, manzanita (dead limbs only) is
my preferred fuel for wood stove cooking in the cabin, while mesquite makes good coals and flavor for barbecuing outdoors.
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AKgringo
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Manzanita endangered?
I had to look that one up! It turns out that there is one species, the Presidio Manzanita that is protected. The stuff that grows around the sierra
foothills where I am, grows in patches so dense you can't walk through it.
I have a some very large plants that I leave alone, but man others that are being shaded out, or waiting to be the fuel for a catastrophic fire, so I
take them out myself!
It is great fuel for a campfire, but the smoke does not have a good odor for cooking. I have a fairly large Madrone tree that died last year, and it
is on the cut list for when things cool off a bit. I suspect it will be very similar to a giant Manzanita.
For heat, and flavor, the best wood to cook with on the west coast is Eucalyptus. It doesn't grow where I am, but I had a friend that used to have an
annual 4th of July barbeque with a side of beef roasting over a Eucalyptus fire.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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