September 2010

09/27/2010 4:11 PM
Another wood scrap question
Posted by: L. Greenwood
Comments: 0

A visitor named John has posed a different, but the same, as a question I had a few weeks ago about processed wood as firewood. John asks...

 

Dear Don't Move Firewood,


 

I have saved commerically cut hardwood lumber scraps from pallets and other uses. This is lumber with no bark and not less that one year from the saw mill. Is it a problem?

 

John,

09/28/2010 10:58 AM
We have giveaways!
Posted by: L. Greenwood
Comments: 0

Do you do outreach events with campers, students, RV enthusiasts, hunters, gardeners, birdwatchers, or anyone else that either uses firewood or looks at trees? Well then... we might have something for you!

 

Don't Move Firewood keeps a stockpile of inexpensive giveaways for your outreach efforts. All you have to do is let us know what you will need it for, and what you might want- we have stickers, magnets, car clings, and sometimes other stuff, too.

 

And so when I see this from a woman named Maryanne...


09/20/2010 4:27 PM
Great question on acorns
Posted by: L. Greenwood
Comments: 0

Continuing our series on questions from our visitors, here is a good one from Deborah in Connecticut. She asks-

 

Dear Don't Move Firewood-

 

I understand the importance of not moving firewood significant distances due to invasive species like the ALB. What are your thoughts on moving acorns?

09/13/2010 4:12 PM
I disagree that it is ridiculous
Posted by: L. Greenwood
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Here is a complicated submission I recently received in our "Contact Us" form;

 

Dear Don't Move Firewood,


The idea of stopping invasive insects by not moving firewood is ridiculous.

09/09/2010 5:19 PM
What do suitcases and firewood have in common
Posted by: L. Greenwood
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Bed bugs are creepy little things that are spreading like crazy because of increasingly mobile people in a fast paced, internationally fluid world of commerce, travel, and human movement.

 

Sound familiar? Same thing with forest pests. So let's compare:

 

Bed bugs; common in other countries

Invasive forest pests; come from other countries

 

Bed bugs; resurgence from more internation movement of people and goods