2024-2025 Firewood Bank Grant Funding Announcement

The Alliance for Green Heat has announced the third year of firewood bank funding in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service.

Firewood Bank Grant Info Session

Hosted by the University of Maine, join John Ackerly, Darian Dyer, and Pam Porter from the Alliance for Green Heat on May 2nd at 2pm Eastern on Zoom to hear updates and information on the 2024-25 financial assistance grant rollout.

AGH Firewood Bank Grant Status

2024-2025 Grant Funding Confirmed

Start-up and New grant applications will open May 1st, 2024! More details to come on firewoodbanks.org.

2023-2024 Grantees: Final Report PAST DUE

If you received funding in 2023-2024, please submit your Final Report. The link to this report should be in your email inbox. Firewood Banks that fail to turn in their final report will not be eligible for future funding. If you have questions, please email darian@forogreenheat.org.

EPA Burn Wise Education Materials

Health effects of wood smoke

Check out Burn Wise's page on ways to protect your health while using firewood. The Alliance for Green Heat will be attending the National Tribal Forum on Air Quality in May to explore more opportunities to raise awareness on the health affects of smoke in wood burning communities.

The Wood Shed

2024-2025 Grant Information

Recently, the Alliance for Green Heat announced the third year of funding for firewood banks on their blog, Heated Up!. What will these grants look like?

Firewood Banks in the News

Wendell Wood Bank uses $10K grant for equipment, storage shed

“‘I was really excited and grateful to be able to support our community that much more and be able to not depend on DCR, who’s been loaning us their equipment to process the wood,’ Dornbusch said, adding that it gives the town ‘a little more independence.’”

From wasted timber to heat for families, Buckland, MA

“Buckland is joining several area towns by creating a community wood bank, in which salvaged trees will be cut and split and made available to Buckland families for use in their wood stoves.”

“A DCR study found that about 50% of energy-insecure homes used some form of wood heat, either as the main heat source or as a backup for oil heat.”

‘Soul-warming’: the mystery man who chops wood to keep his neighbors from freezing

"Within hours, the woodsman came to the rescue. 'They said they and their spouse were huddled under the blankets upstairs, the fire long gone out, freezing cold, when they saw headlights in their drive and the soul-warming sound of wood being thrown on to the gravel. He got them through until the power was restored.'"

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