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 […]
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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. […]
DMF teams up with Outsmart
Teaming Up with the Outsmart Invasive Species Project By Julia Sullivan The Northampton Tuesday Farmers’ Market on July 9th was our fourth farmers’ market of the summer, but the first one to have an Outsmart Invasive Species Project specialist join our booth! The Outsmart Project is a collaboration of individuals from UMass, the Massachusetts Department […]
STOMPing in West Virginia
Guest blog by Cynthia Sandeno, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia Visitors coming from out of state to camp in West Virginia will notice an important message during their travels. New billboards proclaiming the message “Don’t Move Firewood” have been established across the state in high-traffic locations to remind visitors to protect their favorite areas […]
Four FAQs of the summer so far
What are people asking the DMF summer interns? By Julia Sullivan Four events into our summer, Annalena and I have been continually impressed with the great questions we’ve been receiving from festivalgoers and farmers’ market patrons. Our experience last week at the Lenox Farmers’ Market was no exception. Here’s a sampling of four such […]
First Farmer’s Market with the DMF interns
Quiet morning at the Ashfield Farmers Market by Annalena Barrett After Clearwater and Solid Sound, Julia and I could hardly believe our eyes when we rolled up to the Ashfield Farmers Market last Saturday. About six tents had been set up with a few more on their way. No one seemed rushed or stressed, […]