Guest blog by Faith Campbell with the Center for Invasive Species Prevention The Hawaiian Islands’ remaining native forests are dominated by the ʻōhiʻa lehua tree (Metrosideros polymorpha). The tree provides nectar for the Islands’ unique honeycreepers- a subfamily of native Hawaiian birds. These birds, the Islands’ one native terrestrial mammal (Hawaiian hoary bat), and many […]
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Two new features in the Gallery of Pests
Don’t Move Firewood, in cooperation with Faith Campbell of the Center for Invasive Species Prevention, maintains the Gallery of Pests*. The Gallery of Pests is an extremely thorough look into the history, biology, and systems surrounding invasive pests that affect trees and tree-like perennial plants (such as columnar cacti) native and urban forest, desert, island, […]
Webinar: Introduction to Firewood Scout on August 14
Join us for a FOCI webinar, Introduction to Firewood Scout, on August 14th at noon Eastern. This webinar will focus on Firewood Scout – a website designed to help the public find local firewood, and here at Don’t Move Firewood we are working with the folks at the Southeast Michigan Resource Conservation and Development Council and the Tennessee […]
Emerald ash borer reaches Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Guest blog contributed by Faith Campbell, Center for Invasive Species Prevention May we all pause to send our condolences to Maryland? Maryland has fought for a dozen years to slow the spread of the emerald ash borer. State agency leaders knew they had ash resources worth protecting: more than 200,000 trees in the state’s principal […]
Free downloads for National Moth Week
Did you know that some invasive moths can travel to new places, and infest new forests and trees, on contaminated firewood? In 2022, National Moth Week will be July 23 to 31 and here at Don’t Move Firewood we are providing all our free moth-related materials and downloads to anyone that would like to learn more […]
Vermont’s Firewood Awareness Week: A blazing success!
Guest blog by Mollie Klepack, Vermont Forest Pest Outreach Coordinator In communities across Vermont, trees are marked with orange ribbon and tags exhorting everyone to “Protect This Tree, leave firewood at home.” During the week of May 17-23 2015, citizens learned about this request as Vermont celebrated the important role local firewood plays in protecting […]
Get ready for a great summer!
Are you excited for this summer? Here at Don’t Move Firewood, we’re looking forward to it for sure. Here’s our quick guide to our available summer resources for outreach professionals, parents, kids and anyone looking for more information: Summer Special Events that are great for firewood outreach: June 6th, 2015: National Trails Day June […]
Take This One Step to Protect Trees on Memorial Day
Are you planning to start your camping season off right this Memorial Day weekend? This blog first ran on 5/20/2015 at Conservancy Talk, a blog by The Nature Conservancy Here’s one simple way to combine your desire to protect the environment with your plans to have a great time outdoors: don’t move firewood from your […]
Attract more attention with Forest Pest Fly Tying
Guest blog authored by Bob Wiltshire, Executive Director, Invasive Species Action Network Are you looking for a great way to stimulate discussion about forest pests? The Forest Pest Fly Tying Project may be the program you need! If you’re not familiar with fly tying you probably don’t realize the amazing things a talented fly tier […]
Exotic Forest Pests a Threat to Our Mountains
Guest Editorial from Jason Love, Chair, Western North Carolina Public Lands Council Exotic Forest Pests a Threat to Our Mountains I am writing on behalf of the Western North Carolina Public Lands Council, an advisory group appointed by the Governor of North Carolina, whose mission is to promote the protection, conservation, and sustainability […]