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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.

If it makes it to the Washington Post a day after the elections, it is probably pretty important!

In The Buffalo News (NY) a recent article described with a pretty balanced hand the different aspects of the firewood regulations in NY.

This week, Nature.org has run a great Q & A on the Emerald ash borer and the topic of firewood. 

A new regulation on hardwood firewood moving from Canada into the USA is smart, and strict.