Firewood Ontario

Ralph Cramden wrote:
There are private campgrounds here in PA that require you to buy the firewood they purchase and bundle themselves, then overprice, under the guise of invasive insect regulations and quarantines. Some buy their wood at the same sawmill I buy mine from. I can't bring mine but we will sell you ours from the same vendor at double the price. This sawmill cuts timber in 4 other states and brings it back to PA to the mill, the smaller timber gets cut and split into firewood. I can not legally cross state lines with hardwood firewood, they can because they have a piece of paper. Craigslist is full of firewood vendors who ignore any regulations which are not enforced in any way. The only place I have seen any regulation enforced is at privately owned campgrounds.

The Emerald Ash Borer invaded PA in 2007 resulting in a rolling quarantine by county. By 2015 it was detected in almost every county in the state. I highly doubt campers and their firewood had much to do with it. No way are the bureaucrats going to go after the real movers, the forest product industry. Simply too much money involved.

PA tells you "Don't move firewood" but does not enforce bringing your own into a PA state park. That whole "dontmovefirewood.org" farce is people who figured out a way to make a living doing essentially nothing, at others expense......lobbyists for the enviroweenies.