Firewood bans, firewood quarantines, and firewood informational campaigns are popping up all over the place. I confess I fell badly behind with my blogging in the last few weeks, so instead of trying to cover all that ground, I'm gonna provide three highlights;
- Vermont is banning out of state firewood, and putting several other preventative measures in place. Nice work, Vermonters! For more info, read this article by the Burlington Free Press
- Connecticut doesn't have a formal ban yet, but they are encouraging the public to leave firewood at home. Good start! Read this article by the New Haven Register to learn more.
- Someone way out in Singapore had a great way to phrase the firewood element as it relates to our problems with forest pests here in the US and Canada. Read the whole thing here, or just read the quote below.
... which means a harmless-looking piece of firewood can turn into a beetle-bomb.
"You stack the firewood up at your cabin and if it doesn't get burned right away, then a whole bunch of beetles might come out of it next year," Ms Poland said, adding that one piece of firewood could produce up to 50 (emerald ash borer) beetles.
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