Dear Don’t Move Firewood, What about scrap lumber, 2x4s and such? Since the original lumber is moved around the country before I buy it at the lumber yard, it doesn’t seem that restricting its movement could have any impact on the pest problem. Can I safely carry around a box of 2×4 scraps to use […]
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From Texas to New Mexico
Dear Don’t Move Firewood, Could you please provide information on buying wood in NM? I’m traveling from Texas to a campground in New Mexico, and if I get pulled over by police, how are they going to know the wood we have attached to our RV was purchased in NM and is legal? Are there […]
Moving from California to Montana
Dear Don’t Move Firewood, We are moving from California to Montana, and I was curious if I could take the oak firewood with us. Just wanted to check. Thanks! Sincerely, Moving to Montana Soon Dear Moving to Montana Soon, There are many invasive insects and diseases that live in oaks in California that could infest […]
Webinar: Resources for Jumpstarting Outreach on Invasive Species, February 22
Join us for a FOCI webinar, Resources for Jumpstarting Outreach on Invasive Species, on Thursday, February 22 2018 at 11am Eastern (8am Pacific, 9 Mountain, 10 Central). This webinar is being held in coordination with the Emerald Ash Borer University Program, EABU, which is managed by the great folks over at emeraldashborer.info. We’ll be talking about the various […]
Webinar: Regulations that apply to moving firewood right now, on January 25
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 […]
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 […]