Dear Campground Owners:
There's been a great deal of concern that campfires are still being allowed in local campgrounds. These extreme fire conditions and resulting unhealthy air quality require us all to do what we can to keep our community as safe as possible. That includes changing business as usual, no matter how difficult.
We respectfully ask that you immediately ban campfires at your facilities. Then we can all come together to come up with a rational plan before the next fire season!
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September 13, 2020
Seeing the momentum behind this request is heavy but necessary. It is exhausting to keep pushing when the risk remains so high but your backing keeps me moving forward.
48 Comments
With the unprecedented fire season we're experiencing here in California, and the "high season" just beginning, allowing open fires of any sort right now is incredibly irresponsible. Yes, campfires are nice to have, but they cannot outweigh the risk to neighboring lives and property right now.
As a property owner just downstream from camps in the Coloma Lotus area, I am not burning on my property. The county is not issuing burn permits to clear land, and air quality is dangerously poor. Please stop allowing campfires.
I find it appalling that the rights of individual campers would override public safety and the safety of our first responders who rish their lives and health to protect the public and are in short supply. We are bringing firefighters from Israel, Canada, Australia, so that some idiot can have a camp fire. Astonishing.
I believe that ALL campfires should be banned during the fire season; campfires are an UNECESSARY risk and produce airborne irritants to say nothing of their contribution to more CO2. It's NOT essential for anyone to have a campfire; they are only for ambiance and making smores. Campfires are a luxury that we neither need nor can afford.
This is a remarkably simple request, which I hope everyone will take to heart. Campfires, non-EPA wood stoves and chimneys--all have the potential to cause enormous harm. Why risk it? And if you choose to allow the risk for a reason I haven't considered, what liability coverage do you maintain and has your insurer been informed of your choice?
Please honor the concerns of your fellow CL Valley residents.
Please suspend allowing camp fires during the dry season. Not only is it a risk in spreading a fire, it affects air quality in our valley and thus the health of our residents
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Dear Campground Owners:
There's been a great deal of concern that campfires are still being allowed in local campgrounds. These extreme fire conditions and resulting unhealthy air quality require us all to do what we can to keep our community as safe as possible. That includes changing business as usual, no matter how difficult.
We respectfully ask that you immediately ban campfires at your facilities. Then we can all come together to come up with a rational plan before the next fire season!
Updates
September 13, 2020
Seeing the momentum behind this request is heavy but necessary. It is exhausting to keep pushing when the risk remains so high but your backing keeps me moving forward.
48 Comments
I understand the moments a campfire can bring to a camp, but having campfires in our valley has always seemed at odds with the wildfire and especially the air quality consequences our valley faces. A collective C-L valley ban on campfires w/in the fire season will have a positive impact on 1. their business and 2. their neighbors and friends.
With the unprecedented fire season we're experiencing here in California, and the "high season" just beginning, allowing open fires of any sort right now is incredibly irresponsible. Yes, campfires are nice to have, but they cannot outweigh the risk to neighboring lives and property right now.
As a property owner just downstream from camps in the Coloma Lotus area, I am not burning on my property. The county is not issuing burn permits to clear land, and air quality is dangerously poor. Please stop allowing campfires.
I find it appalling that the rights of individual campers would override public safety and the safety of our first responders who rish their lives and health to protect the public and are in short supply. We are bringing firefighters from Israel, Canada, Australia, so that some idiot can have a camp fire. Astonishing.
I believe that ALL campfires should be banned during the fire season; campfires are an UNECESSARY risk and produce airborne irritants to say nothing of their contribution to more CO2. It's NOT essential for anyone to have a campfire; they are only for ambiance and making smores. Campfires are a luxury that we neither need nor can afford.
This is a remarkably simple request, which I hope everyone will take to heart. Campfires, non-EPA wood stoves and chimneys--all have the potential to cause enormous harm. Why risk it? And if you choose to allow the risk for a reason I haven't considered, what liability coverage do you maintain and has your insurer been informed of your choice?
Please honor the concerns of your fellow CL Valley residents.
Please suspend allowing camp fires during the dry season. Not only is it a risk in spreading a fire, it affects air quality in our valley and thus the health of our residents
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I understand the moments a campfire can bring to a camp, but having campfires in our valley has always seemed at odds with the wildfire and especially the air quality consequences our valley faces. A collective C-L valley ban on campfires w/in the fire season will have a positive impact on 1. their business and 2. their neighbors and friends.