Alas, it is still practiced. Stopped to talk to some scouts in BWCAW. I noticed the scoutleader helping a couple of scouts to trench their tent. Old ways die hard. The LNT also advocates not building a fire on the ground except in established fire rings except in a few areas where the ground isn't harmed. Some of the archaeologists I deal with say that they routinely find fire sites from Indians or their predecessors dating back 500+ years. > There are still places in the Catskills and in some of the Highlands > regions of NJ where you can still see traces of tent ditches. That's a > practice that's been done away with some fifty years ago. > > Joe P. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 15 2004 - 19:22:01 PST
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