Join us for a FOCI webinar, Regulations that apply to moving firewood right now, on Thursday, January 25th 2018 at noon Eastern (9am Pacific, 10 Mountain, 11 Central). The regulations that apply to firewood are often not entirely about the firewood itself, which makes it hard to fully categorize and understand the tangled web of rules and […]
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Firewood for those in need
Dear Don’t Move Firewood, There is a woman in my town in Maine that is disabled and in need of some firewood. I’m trying to help her out, but don’t know where to start. Can you help? Sincerely, Trying to Help Dear Trying to Help, I’m so glad to see you are working to help […]
Cleaning up tree debris in hurricane damaged areas
How to Keep Neighborhood Trees Healthy and Resilient in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have been taking down countless trees in Texas, Florida, and all the states between them along the Gulf of Mexico. In the aftermath of severe storms like these, trees can get lots of attention and are pointed to […]
From here to there in New Mexico
Dear Don’t Move Firewood Can I bring firewood from Albuquerque New Mexico to the Red River area in New Mexico? Yours, Shannon in the Land of Enchantment Dear Shannon, It is legal to bring firewood from Albuquerque to Red River in New Mexico, however, that is well over the suggested distance limit of 50 miles […]
Selling firewood in Tennessee
We love getting questions from you, our readers, on your firewood issues! Dear Don’t Move Firewood, My husband sells firewood to the people that camp at (US Army Corps administered campground in Tennessee). We are a mile from the camp grounds and get all our wood locally. We season it for 2 years in the […]
Disposing of termite infested firewood
Time for a new installment in our occasional advice column series, Dear Don’t Move Firewood, this time from a homeowner in California! Dear Don’t Move Firewood, We live in (city removed) near San Diego and discovered today that we have drywood termites living in our firewood, both inside and outside our home. The wood has […]
Firewood from Ohio to Maine
The Dear Don’t Move Firewood advice column is back, with real questions from real people (often slightly edited to ensure they are anonymous). Dear Don’t Move Firewood, I’m going camping in another state which is Maine. I’m from Ohio. Can I take wood for camp fires from my own wood pile? Yours, Bruce from Ohio […]
Oregon Forest Pest Detector Network and 2017 Firewood Eclipse Outreach
Guest blog by Brandy Saffell, Program Coordinator for the Oregon Forest Pest Detector Program, Oregon State University Extension Service The 2013 arrival of the emerald ash borer (EAB) in Boulder, Colorado, was a serious wakeup call to natural resource agency professionals in Oregon. Up until then, we had assumed that the Rocky Mountains would serve […]
Wyoming Firewood Education for Solar Eclipse Travelers
Guest blog by Ryan DeSantis, Forest Health Program Manager with the Wyoming State Forestry Division Every year, millions of people travel to Wyoming to experience its outdoor recreation opportunities. This August, an estimated 500,000 additional visitors from out of state will come to Wyoming to view a rare total eclipse of the sun. On August […]
Free downloads for Tree Check Month
August is Tree Check Month! Everyone is encouraged to take 10 minutes to check their trees for signs of the Asian longhorned beetle. To help you learn about the beetle, or to provide materials for your outreach needs, we’ve rounded up all the best free resources that we could find! General Information: Asian longhorned […]