cubic foot of wood? how big is this? damn restrictions

I agree that is a bit high on the price. However, before complaining too much, try cutting and splitting that much wood yourself. At todays prices, figure about 20 minutes worth, how many logs can you split and stack in that time? In my case, I couldn't even split the first stick, so I will either pay the price or do without.

The ban on burning firewood started in MANY States years ago, due to the invasive species of bugs that were brought here to the USA in shipping crates. These crates were made out of locally grown wood, and were the home to these many different bugs, thus as some crates were discarded in the trash, those flying bugs just found a NEW home.
This is main reason now that many parks ban you from brining in your own firewood, in an attempt to lessen the effect of this rapid spread of these tree killing bugs. Out village just the last month cut down over 200 ash trees in an attempt to curb the spread of this Ash Bore beetle. I think that this was a futile attempt to stop the beetle, as they are already in our surrounding villages.
So when camping i burn left over construction wood, 2X4, 2X6 ETC. If you have new constriction in your area, just ask for the scraps, as it saves them money in refuse costs.

Oregon State Parks sells it for $5. All proceeds go to supporting park programs and maintaining the facility.

Volunteers/hosts drive around in a Gator and deliver to sites.

Maybe it's a control method to keep people from bring their garbage to burn in the fire pit. I will not try to list the things I've seen brought to camp to burn and stink up the CG,

duraflames or presto-logs are good idea, gonna have to see how much they cost..only going two nights so im not gonna lose sleep....

Or you cold use DuraFlames or even Presto-Logs and be ahead of the game.

bovellois wrote:
... You might as well bring 2x6 boards cut in 16 inch length and pass them as leveling blocks. At least you'll know they are dry.

:D :D Good thinking.

They are building in the $8 per bundle of wood as part of their profits of the year. So basically add that cost to the campground fees, and figure your camping total cost.

Probably if you can find another campground that is 50 miles further from your house, your total costs will increase, even if the firewood is lying around ready to burn, because the extra 10 gallons of fuel required to make that 100 extra miles to the campground and back.

So look at it this way. The $8 per bundle of wood is only about the same cost as 2 gallons of gas in my hometown. Sure I can remember $1.20 gas from 2001, but that is a thing of the past, so is a decent sized $5 bundle of firewood.

Hopefully it will be well seasoned wood, that will not smoke, like the green wood many people pick up at a campground and try to burn.

Anyway if you sneak in some kindling, or a few extra logs from your home supply, and buy 2 each of the bundles at the campground, who will know the difference? The $16 for the two campground bundles will not break the bank, when you are also considering paying $100 or more to fill the truck with fuel.

Fred.

WOW, that's $1000 a cord. Good business!

It's enough for one night, so it adds 8 dollars to your daily cost! Very expensive. One full cord is 128 cubic feet, so that's 1000 per cord. You might as well bring 2x6 boards cut in 16 inch length and pass them as leveling blocks. At least you'll know they are dry.