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 […]
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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, […]
Solid Sound Festival with the Don’t Move Firewood team
Solid Weekend at Solid Sound By Julia Sullivan With Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival under our belts, Annalena and I felt like old pros by the time we rolled into MASS MoCA for a few hours of tabling last Friday. While we weren’t lucky enough to snag a spot inside the actual Solid Sound […]
How to order your own bug tattoos
Here at Don't Move Firewood, we strive to supply any non-profit or local agency outreach professionals that come to us with supplies to aid in their own Don't Move Firewood outreach efforts. That includes things like our brochures, fake tattoos, stickers, water bottles, fans… you name it. So what's our most popular item? Fake […]
Firewood without bark in Missouri
Dear Don't Move Firewood, I live in Missouri and I camp often. Is it ok to use lumber without bark? Yours, Concerned Camper Dear Concerned Camper, What a deceptively complicated question- and a good one to ask. Lumber (I assume you mean cut firewood, not construction lumber here) without bark is indeed a bit […]
Summer 2013 Kickoff- Clearwater!
Don't Move Firewood Summer Interns start off at Clearwater Great Hudson River Revival! By Annalena Barrett Last weekend Julia and I (the brand new Community Outreach Interns for the Don’t Move Firewood Campaign) attended Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, an awesome environmental music festival. Neither of us had been to […]
Gathering firewood in Oregon?
Dear Don't Move Firewood, I know we shouldn't take firewood with us when we travel to camp. Could you help provide resources to let us know rules and regs. to collecting firewood in different areas? Thanks, Oregonian Dear Oregonian, The answer is very dependent on where you are going. In Oregon, there is no […]
All the ways we talk to you!
Did you know that Don’t Move Firewood has a blog? Oh, wait, you are reading it. Just checking you are awake. Aside from our blog, we also maintain a wide variety of online options for staying in touch. Here’s a list in case you want to sign up, like, or follow us! We are on […]