Thanks for the education guys. Last weekend the family gathered on gull to try our luck, enjoy a fire and roast a few smokies as we have done many times in the past. Our garbage goes in a bag and comes home with us when we leave, the smoldering embers get left on the ice. My way of thinking was when break up came any debris would float to the shore line and be ground up when the spring storms hit. No harm done. After reading some of the posts I think next year I will be a bit more proactive and fabricate an elevated burn platform of expanded metal reinforced around the edges. This will allow the fine ash to fall to the ice surface and any coals left over can be extinguished then disposed off the ice. Maybe still not good enough for the purists but they are a hard bunch to satisfy at the best of times. D.H.
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