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Park Officials Consider Banning Outside Firewood

In an effort to protect the Great Smoky Mountains National Park forest from disease-carrying pests, park officials have proposed a new regulation that would prohibit campers from bringing firewood into the park unless it’s certified.

If passed, the new regulation would only allow visitors to bring in firewood that has been heat-treated and bundled with a certification stamp by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or a state department of agriculture. Certified firewood will be available for purchase at the campgrounds inside the park.

Firewood brought in from outside the park, whether it’s from outside the county or outside the state, can carry tree-killing insects and disease that pose health risks to the more than 30 species of native hardwoods in the Smokies.

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