Vermont may join NH in banning firewood imports, to slow invasive bugs

You’re not supposed to bring untreated firewood into New Hampshire or Maine, because such transport has proven to be a major route for invasive, tree-destroying insects to infect areas.

Now Vermont wants to join suit, with a proposed rule that would ban all firewood from being brought into the state.

Such quarantines are a pain if you have an RV or a cabin in the woods, because buying firewood on site is pretty expensive – it’s usually easier to just bring your own. But the damage caused by accidentally importing something like the Asian longhorned beetle is so vast that it’s a justifiable pain.