If you’re going camping this summer, don’t bring firewood with you. Tree-killing insects and diseases can lurk in firewood. These insects and diseases can’t move far on their own, but when people move firewood they can jump hundreds of miles.

New infestations of invasive species destroy our forests, property values, and cost huge sums of money to control.

You can help save the forests by taking these simple steps:

  • Buy firewood near where you will burn it—that means the wood was cut within 50 miles of where you’ll have your fire.
  • Always leave it at home, even if you think the firewood looks fine. Wood that looks clean and healthy can still have tiny insect eggs, or microscopic fungi spores, that will start a new and deadly infestation.
  • Aged or seasoned wood is still not safe. Just because it is dry doesn’t mean that bugs can’t crawl onto it.
  • Tell your friends not to bring wood with them—everyone needs to know that they should not move firewood.

 

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