Curious how you can help to prevent the spread of pests and pathogens on firewood in Montana? This toolkit has all the basics, including messaging tips, links to Montana-specific resources, and more. Meant for agencies, campsite owners, and anyone interested in keeping Montana’s forests healthy.
Keyword Tagging: Resource Toolkit, Montana, Messaging
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Thank you for helping us protect Montana’s forests from invasive species. By adding information about firewood regulations to your website, you will educate and motivate your visitors and audience to preserve Montana’s forests for future generations!
Below you will find messages and graphics that you can copy to motivate your visitors and audience to preserve Montana’s forests for the future by preventing the spread of forest pests.
Thank you for your support and interest in Don’t Move Firewood!
Background Information and Best Practices:
- Encourage your visitors to buy or gather firewood locally to prevent the spread of tree-killing pests and pathogens.
- As a rule of thumb, moving firewood 50 miles is too far, and under 10 or less miles is best.
- Pests and diseases like emerald ash borer, spongy moth, Dutch Elm Disease, and many others, could be disastrous for Montana’s city trees and natural forests.
- Ash species represent more than 40% of trees in 18 urban communities in Montana, and nearby emerald ash borers are a threat to all these trees.
- Whenever feasible, include Montana’s current fire restrictions and firewood permit process alongside Don’t Move Firewood outreach, especially when messaging about public lands.
- If you work with firewood producers, encourage them to join the Made In Montana membership program, as recommended by the Montana Invasive Species Council.
- Montana prohibits the entry of ash firewood from any emerald ash borer infested area unless the firewood has been certified as heat-treated.
- Please consider firewood outreach on campsite reservation pages. You are welcome to link to Don’t Move Firewood (dontmovefirewood.org, or https://www.dontmovefirewood.org/map/Montana/ if you prefer), but a sentence or two about using local firewood can go a long way. High-impact online locations include on your own FAQ page, within campsite information, during the campsite booking process, and in reservation confirmation emails.
Text Resources:
Here are some informational blurbs for your website:
- Burn firewood in the same area it was cut. As a general rule, 50 miles is too far;10 miles or less is best.
- Forests are being destroyed through the transportation of invasive insects and diseases found in firewood. Buy firewood near where you plan to burn it.
- To prevent the spread of pests that destroy forests, do not move firewood. Instead, obtain it from local sources.
- Visit Don’t Move Firewood for up-to-date information about the forest pests and pathogens that spread on firewood.
- Protect Montana’s trees against emerald ash borer; out-of-state firewood is too big a risk. Burn firewood locally to prevent the spread of tree pests!
Don’t Move Firewood Graphics and Web Resources:
Want to help to partake in Firewood Month outreach? This toolkit has all the basics, including the weekly themes, messaging examples, graphics, and more. Meant for agencies, campsite owners, and anyone interested in keeping our forests healthy.
Keyword Tagging: Resource Toolkit, Firewood Month, messaging, action kit
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Thank you for your support and interest in Don’t Move Firewood!
Don’t Move Firewood Graphics and Web Resources:
Yard sign, size 24 x 18″ made by Parks & Recreation Department: Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve for use in City of Hillsboro, OR. Features emerald ash borer imagery, QR codes, and DMF logo.
Please Specify the Agency:
City of Hillsboro Parks & Recreation Department: Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve
Keyword Tagging:
emerald ash boror, signage, yard sign, Oregon
Tree wrap resource made by Parks & Recreation Department: Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve for use in City of Hillsboro. Features emerald ash borer and DMF logo. Contact Laura Trunk, Natural Resource Project Manager, for more information (contact details below).
Please Specify the Agency:
City of Hillsboro Parks & Recreation Department: Jackson Bottoms Wetland Preserve
Keyword Tagging:
emerald ash borer, ash tree, tree wrap, Oregon
Agency:
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, & Forestry
Invasive Pests Activity Book by OK Dept of Agriculture, Food, & Forestry. (Originally created by University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and adapted for OK.) Contains multiple DMF-themed pages and several pests known to use the firewood pathway such as emerald ash borer, Asian longhorned beetle, and spotted lanternfly.
Please Specify the Agency:
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, & Forestry
Keyword Tagging:
buy it where you burn it, don’t move firewood, emerald ash borer, Oklahoma, activity book
Curious how you can help to prevent the spread of pests and pathogens on firewood in Washington? This toolkit has all the basics, including messaging tips, links to Washington-specific resources, and more. Meant for agencies, campsite owners, and anyone interested in keeping Washington’s forests healthy.
Keyword Tagging: Resource Toolkit, Washington, Messaging
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Thank you for considering adding some information about firewood regulations to your website!
Below, you will find messages and graphics that you can copy to motivate your visitors and audience to preserve Washington’s forests for the future. Preventing the spread of forest pests is key to healthy Washington forests, which means healthy streams, salmon, orcas, and communities.
Thank you for your support and interest in Don’t Move Firewood!
Best Practices:
Text Resources:
Here are some informational blurbs for your website:
- Forests are being destroyed through the transportation of invasive insects and diseases found in firewood.
- To prevent the spread of pests that destroy forests, do not move firewood. Instead, obtain it from local sources.
- Burn firewood in the same general area as the wood source. As a general rule, 50 miles is too far, and 10 miles or less is best.
- Did you know? Firewood can only legally enter Washington from out of state if it is labeled “Approved Pest Free.” Violators are subject to civil penalties of up to $5,000 per violation. (Note: we advise using this statement only after August 18, 2026, when these penalties are fully in effect.)
- We also welcome you to link to Don’t Move Firewood (dontmovefirewood.org, or https://www.dontmovefirewood.org/map/washington/ if you prefer) on your own FAQ page, within campsite information, during the campsite booking process, and in confirmation emails.
Don’t Move Firewood Graphics and Web Resources:
Curious how you can help to prevent the spread of pests and pathogens on firewood in Oregon? This toolkit has all the basics, including messaging tips, links to Oregon-specific resources, and more. Meant for agencies, campsite owners, and anyone interested in keeping Oregon’s forests healthy.
Keyword Tagging: Resource Toolkit, Oregon, Messaging
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Thank you for considering adding some information about firewood regulations and recommendations to your website!
You are welcome to copy these messages and graphics to encourage your visitors and audience to preserve Oregon’s forests for the future. Preventing the spread of forest pests is key to a healthy Oregon. Healthy forests mean healthy streams, and healthy streams mean happy salmon, orcas, and communities.
Thank you for your support and interest in Don’t Move Firewood!
Best Practices:
Text Resources:
Here are some informational blurbs for your website:
- Forests are being destroyed through the transportation of invasive insects and diseases found in firewood.
- To prevent the spread of pests that destroy forests, do not move firewood. Instead, obtain it from local sources.
- Burn firewood in the same general area as the wood source. As a general rule, 50 miles is too far, and 10 miles or less is best.
- Did you know? Untreated firewood can only legally enter Oregon from out of state if it’s from the Pacific Northwest (WA or ID). If it’s from anywhere else, firewood must be labeled as heat-treated to enter the state of Oregon.
- We also welcome you to link to Don’t Move Firewood (dontmovefirewood.org, or https://www.dontmovefirewood.org/map/oregon/ if you prefer) on your own FAQ page, within campsite information, during the campsite booking process, and in confirmation emails.
Don’t Move Firewood Graphics and Web Resources:
Graphic from Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve Story Book by Laura Trunk and Dorian Russell. Story depicts importance of Oregon ash at the preserve and the introduction of emerald ash borer. Page with Don’t Move Firewood logo shown here including messaging on how to help slow the spread of emerald ash borer. Please reach out to Laura Trunk to inquire about permission to download, print, or otherwise share the story book or artwork in any way.
Please Specify the Agency:
City of Hillsboro Park & Recreation Department: Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve
Keyword Tagging:
forest pests, campfire, camping, Oregon, Oregon ash, emerald ash borer
Oregon Specific Buy It Where You Burn It Yard Sign and Advertisement. Updated in 2025 with new QR codes and updated wording. Additional sizes and aspect ratios available upon request to staff of Don’t Move Firewood.
Please Specify the Agency:
Oregon Department of Forestry
Keyword Tagging:
Oregon firewood advertisement, emerald ash borer, Oregon Department of Forestry, Oregon Parks and Recreation, Oregon State Parks
Email Address:
lgreenwood@tnc.org
Don’t Move Firewood Manager
Agency:
The Nature Conservancy
The region municipality of York (Ontario, Canada) made this cut out, pre-colored emerald ash borer do it yourself 3D model kit, also now available on Project Learning Tree. Great for teachers, students, kids, scouts, and more. Perfect for Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week. Multi-page with instructions.
Please Specify the Agency:
Don’t Move Firewood
Keyword Tagging:
emerald ash borer, emerald ash borer 3d model, kids activity, emerald ash borer awareness week, EAB awareness week, EAB
