Did you know that August has been the first ever Tree Check Month? Yup- organized by the great folks over at USDA APHIS, Tree Check Month is an effort to get everyone to take ten minutes to look at their backyard trees, and look for pests or damage on those trees. Want to participate? Here’s […]
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Now booking for events in late October!
Did you know our awesome Asian longhorned beetle costume is on tour? That's right, every year we lend our costume out to at least a dozen (often more) non-profits and state agencies when we don't need it. The costume lending season is from Labor Day through Memorial Day- essentially, the school year. Our costumes go […]
Mini Donuts and Big Beetles
Don't Move Firewood rocks the Heath Fair by Annalena Barrett Last weekend Julia and I found ourselves frolicking around the fairgrounds of Heath, Massachusetts in our wondrous Asian Longhorned Beetle costume. The Heath Fair was a true country fair with contests for the best summer squash and most weight pulled by a lawn mower. […]
Five Years of Worcester, viewed by DMF
Field Trip to Worcester MA By Annalena Barrett Worcester Massachusetts is now in its fifth year of fighting the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) and so far, they’ve cut down about thirty thousand trees. One illustration of how the eradication efforts have been paying off in how many beetles are bring found. Last year, thirteen […]
The LEAF interns visit Don’t Move Firewood
LEAF at Third Thursday in Pittsfield MA by Annalena Barrett Third Thursday is a monthly street festival that takes place in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. We picked a swelteringly hot day to attend, but luckily we had three fabulous LEAF interns and their mentor with us to keep the booth lively. What is a LEAF […]
How about from Pennsylvania to New York?
Our advice column is in high demand! Wow! Keep it coming. Dear Don't Move Firewood, We are going camping twice in the next few weeks and would like to know if we can take our own firewood. We live in (northwestern) PA and will be going to (west central) NY and then also to […]
From Canada to the USA?
Dear Don't Move Firewood, I have broken pieces of 1×12 spruce that is kiln dried. It is used for building shelves, etc. It is not pressure treated, stained or painted. Can I bring it from Canada to the USA to burn as firewood? Yours, Firewood User Dear Firewood User, Your question initially had me […]
From Ohio to Michigan?
Dear Don't Move Firewood, We live in Michigan, and I have a co-worker who is cutting down a Maple tree in Ohio, right across the border. They are offering their firewood to us, is it ok to move firewood across the stateline between (edited to remove city names) approx. 17-20 miles? Both areas are quarantined. […]
Moving ‘fake log’ firewood and pellets
The Dear Don’t Move Firewood hotline is jumping this week! Thanks to everyone that writes in- keeps us nice and busy, and keeps all our readers thinking about firewood. Dear Don’t Move Firewood, Is it OK to bring my own Presto logs to burn? Or wood pellets? Both of these are distributed all over North […]
Wait, so what about pallets?
One of the most perennial questions we get here at Don’t Move Firewood is best described as the infinite variations of…can I burn pallets? move pallets? use pallet wood in my stove? Dear Don’t Move Firewood, Is pallet wood okay to move? Thank you, Karen Here’s the quick answer; not a good thing to do. […]