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Michigan DNR warns campers of firewood

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is encouraging campers to be mindful of where their firewood comes from. The state says moving firewood across long distances can spread invasive species and tree diseases. Ron Olson is with the DNR’s Parks and Recreation department. He says state campsites have firewood available to buy.

 

“We’ll have a lot more availability of kiln dried wood which means that it has been heated to a point where any invasive bug or larva or anything like that have been destroyed.”

 

Olson says firewood for sale at campgrounds is harvested within 15 miles of that park. The state DNR is not changing any firewood regulations…but wants campers to take part in protecting forests.