[Bean Counter]

In fairness, if you have an EPA certified woodstove, you can still use it during a Stage 1 burn ban. The $850 fine is about 1/3rd of the cost of a new stove, and there are programs in the State that will pay up to $1500 of the cost of a new stove.

We took advantage of the local woodstove replacement program this year, and the new stove we got is 78% efficient, doesn’t need a blower to distribute the heat, puts out 1.1 grams per hour of particulates, and has already cut our use of wood by 2/3rds.

These burn bans may seem onerous, but so is the smoke from non-certified woodstoves, and there are programs in place to help avoid situations like this one.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Who needs an EPA certified woodstove when the friction from the founding fathers whirling in their graves can keep you toasty warm all through those long winter nights?

[Colvin]

Glad I live in the sticks.
Last time I checked wood smoke was nothing more then tree fertilizer. This guy is recycling.
They could have knocked on the door, but how could they get the big bucks from writing the ticket?

[bill1952]

but so is the smoke from non-certified woodstoves..

LOL! Horseshit.
Of everything stated on this thread, it is your post that is “onerous.”
- Not wood smoke for God’s sake.