Clear Creek Wood Bank Provides Seasoned Wood In Buffalo, WY

The Alliance for Green Heat staff sees how a Wyoming wood bank is optimizing time and resources to deliver a consistent product with a strong volunteer crew.

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Profile in Compassion: Harry Neeley

This is a special Profile In Compassion features a legend in the firewood bank community who built his life around serving others in need of assistance.

A look into Father Harry Neeley's life and legacy with firewood banks across Montana.

Backyard Etiquette

Summer has arrived and with it comes all of the typical outdoor fun like campfires, cook outs, and fireside entertaining in the back yard. The EPA features some great reminders about this classic summer activity. Read more here!

Don't burn old pallets. Before 2005, pallets everywhere were injected with toxic and carcinogenic chemicals like methyl bromide, check your pallet for any treatment information, common stamps include DB (debarked,) HT (heat treated,) MB (methyl bromide,) KD (kiln dried,) and EPAL (European Pallet Association.) Never burn pallets stamped with MB.

Source Firewood Responsibly for Summer

When planning your next adventure, leave your personal-use firewood at home and always use locally sourced firewood to deter the spread of pests and diseases! Review each state's laws and regulations around firewood transport here and review invasive species here.

Only transport wood that has been heat treated back home. This extra step raises the core temperature of firewood to a standard temperature that treats the wood for emerald ash borers, a major pest and threat to forests in the U.S. Read more about it here.

Visit Firewood Scout for a list of local firewood providers, or click here!

Alliance for Green Heat Interviews Wyoming Logger

The Alliance for Green Heat had a chat with Wyoming Logger, Joe Landsiedel with JL & Sons Logging to talk timber, the future of wood banks, and business.

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