Don't Move Firewood

Trees, Pests & People is the story of three kinds of trees -- Walnut, Avocado and Ash. These trees are united by the threat of invasive insects and diseases -- forest pests from other countries that are killing trees across the nation. For the Missouri black walnuts, the threat of thousand cankers disease looms from a distance. For Florida's avocados, each passing day increases the chance that another tree will be found with the deadly laurel wilt fungus. And for the Ash trees of Baltimore, the scourge of the emerald ash borer is already a major battle. But more than the trees, this is the story of how these threats affect everyday lives, and how we can all fight the problem of invasive pests.

La Legion de los Bichos pueden invadir los bosques de los Estados Unidos cuando la gente mueva la lena. Los Super Guardabosques detenen el malvado plan de los bichos, antes de los bosques seran destruidos. Despues, los Super Guardabosques ensenan el Lenador a no mueva lena por que pueda ocultar bichos como El Escarabajo Asiatico de Cuernos Largos, La Avispa de Madera Sirex, El Escarabajo Ambrosia, El Escarabajo Barrenador Esmeralda, o La Muerte Subita de Robles. This video was made by Don't Move Firewood with partial funding from USDA-APHIS and assistance from the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.

"It's my nuts. I'm worried about my nuts." And so begins a hilarious tromp through misunderstandings between a man concerned about the effects of moving firewood on trees and forests, and the woman he loves. We learn that Steve hasn't been keeping his wood local. Instead, he's been dragging his wood all over the place, and who knows what he's been spreading?! In the end, Steve tells us that moving firewood can spread insects and diseases that threaten America's precious nuts...including walnuts, butternuts, acorns and chestnuts. So don't move firewood, and protect your nuts.

Chasing an invasive forest pest through canyons and cottonwood forests isn't easy for even the fastest of park rangers, but in this new Don't Move Firewood Western short, the bad guy beetle gets his due. In this kid friendly short video about safe campfire practices, a young boy falls asleep on the way to his campsite and dreams of a giant bug--an Asian longhorned beetle--killing trees after hitchhiking to the forest on firewood. The park ranger chases the beetle down through some beautiful Western landscapes, only to have the bug slip through his fingers in a surprise ending. When the boy wakes up, he reminds his dad to buy it where you burn it to prevent insects and diseases from spreading.

The Smith family goes camping but bring an uninvited guest in their pile of firewood. See why you shouldn't transport firewood.

When you move firewood, you can accidentally move pests that kill trees. Don't Move Firewood teams up with USDA-APHIS, The Nature Conservancy and the USFS to bring you this 30 second Public Service Announcement as part of Asian Longhorned Beetle Awareness Month, August 2009.

The Legion of Bugs plot to infiltrate America's forests when people move firewood. The Super Park Rangers come to the rescue when they interrupt the Legion of Bug's evil plan, fight off the invasive insects and diseases before they can infest the trees, and educate a local firewood cutter on the importance of not moving firewood. Featured Legion of Bugs members include the Asian longhorned beetle, sirex woodwasp, emerald ash borer, goldspotted oak borer, ambrosia beetle, and sudden oak death.

When you move firewood, you can accidentally move insects and diseases that kill trees. Many communities around the USA and Canada have seen this happen in their own backyards. What starts as a few dead trees can quickly turn into a whole neighborhood or forest riddled with dying trees. Don't move firewood, and keep the damage from these pests minimized.

A fast paced look at how the life of the emerald ash borer puts trees at risk when people move firewood. This nation-wide version was made through a partnership of the Don't Move Firewood campaign, dontmovefirewood.org, and the Oregon Invasive Species Council. The original video was made in Minnesota

Worcester, MA could be almost anywhere in America. But when a foreign invasive pest - the Asian longhorned beetle - was discovered to be killing Worcester's maple trees, the city took decisive action to halt the spread of the beetle, protecting trees across New England from certain death.