ANF: Leave Firewood Home

New signs are now in place across the Allegheny National Forest as a reminder to visitors – burn it where you buy it!

The purple panel trap in the upper right is one of many across the forest. These traps are monitored throughout the summer to detect emerald ash borer.

The emerald ash borer continues on its relentless move across the United States, but only with the help of people moving firewood. A weak flyer, the emerald ash borer, can normally only expand its range less than ½ miles per year on its own. But, this disastrous critter has been hopping from state to state in firewood being transported from home to camps, or vice-versa. It has recently been found in Randolph, New York, near Allegany State Park.

Please leave your firewood at home over the Fourth of July weekend if you plan to come to the Allegheny NF. If you do buy or collect firewood once you arrive on the forest, burn it where you buy it. Protect your forest.