Actually, we get very dry here at times. Most of my permit experience though has been in NH, which has pretty harsh permitting modeled after CA's. People have been fined for having stoves but no permits in the NFS land- it is all the discretion of who snags you. And there isn't really an appeals system.

Although, that is like striking a spark in a tinder box. You're basically standing in a puddle of gas. :P I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable with a stove there at certain times of the year. Cold meals and MRE heaters, I've got no desire to light that big a signal fire. *laughs*