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Invasive species are killing North America’s forests and we better do something about it right now.

The recent cold weather, plus the ice storm in the New England area, got me thinking about wood heat.

The Southern Forest Insect Work Conference just passed a resolution regarding the movement of firewood. Lest you think the issue of moving firewood only applies to Michigan, the SFIWC includes states like Georgia, Florida, and more.

You might not think that guacamole is threatened by the movement of firewood, but it is!

Stopthebeetle.info is a new site that asks people to pledge not to move firewood- check it out!

Sometimes I feel like we shouldn't move anything at all.

New article on the Worcester Asian longhorned beetle outbreak talks about how diverse city trees could have mitigated the problem.

Yesterday's article in the journal Land Letter was a well written piece on invasives and the devastation they have caused.

Whether it is your primary residence or your second home, this New York Times article has some good tips on firewood use in your house.

Firewood is a commodity- it is affected by supply and demand, as well as the prices of related commodities (fuel oil and natural gas). There are a lot of factors that are going into the current shortage of firewood that are unrelated to forest pests.