Firewood Finder

Wondering where to buy firewood, and how to find the best priced firewood dealers?

 

The first thing you should do is make sure that your firewood seller is cutting and selling local firewood. It is hard to imagine, but some firewood sellers (especially large stores or grocery stores) are bringing in firewood from really long distances- even other countries! To protect your favorite places from non-native insects and diseases that might hitchhike on the firewood you want to burn, ask the firewood seller where the wood was cut. Ideally, your firewood should be from only a few miles away, or at least in the same county. More broadly, if your firewood dealer is getting wood from up to 50 miles away, that is still considered "OK."

 

The price of wood varies a lot, and you might wonder how to find the best firewood prices at your final destination. Call ahead to where you are going for a suggestion of a reasonably priced firewood dealer. By calling the campground host, park association, or local Forest Service office, you'll save time, money, and help protect trees when you buy firewood from a known local firewood dealer.

 

If you are selling firewood, and are wondering how to sell it safely, you should know to sell it as close to where you cut it as possible.

 

A firewood dealer that is shipping wood long distances is risking the spread of insects and diseases on their wood. Instead, minimize the cost of transportation- sell firewood locally. Dealers that only sell locally cut firewood are protecting the trees in their area, which is good for everyone.