Is there a fire ban between Elk Garden and Fox Creek anywhere right now?

[Gambit McCrae]

Is there a fire ban between Elk Garden and Fox Creek anywhere right now?

Someone told me there is but I can not find this info on the web.

"Please practice LNT and safe fire building while in the backcountry"

[HooKooDooKu]

It's possible that there might not be.
Check out this U.S. Drought Monitor map (http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx).
You can see conditions are really bad in GA, TN, NC, and many New England states. But VA, MD, and PA are only in the 1st stages of a drought.

[FrogLevel]

I can't find concrete information for that area, but just south here in the Cherokee National Forest there's a complete ban. Its incredibly dry and there are more than a dozen fires in the area already. I just wouldn't risk it personally.

[johnnybgood]

Per the Roanoke Times there are fire restrictions along the Blue Ridge Parkway in southern Va.
Smyth County in SW Virginia had issued a fire ban a week ago which continues to remain in effect.