Transporting Firewood across national and International borders

Washington State doesn't even want you to transport firewood within the state.  We have a place on each side of the mountains, and don't move wood between them, even though we have a great supply at one place.  The area has destructive beetles so we leave them on the east side.


http://www.invasivespecies.wa.gov/council_projects/firewood.shtml

I've been in many areas where you couldn't bring any wood into the camping area, you had to buy local wood - usually available at the host site or right outside the campground.

There are two different issues here. One is transporting between states or within a state. Kiln-dried wood may be ok for most of those areas (even those areas with green-emerald ashborer).

The transportation into the country is covered under importation laws and they are stricter. Wood pallets, wooden crates, etc are not allowed to be transported unless they are treated a certain way. Unfortunately, wood, soil and some of those pretty horticulture plants for your yard from other countries have caused plant disease outbreaks that have decimated entire food industries in the U.S. 

I'm sorry your wood was confiscated at the border. It was probably premium dried firewood too!! :(

LOL ah, the fruits and veggie confiscations. It's funny she ate the grapes so fast! Hope she didn't make herself sick.. lol.

@wizard1880 -- border agents on either side of the border have broad discretion as to what they can allow or disallow, unfortunately that makes it confusing for travelers.  I just try to minimize anything that might raise a question.  Once I was visiting a friend in BC and on the return trip, the US CBP agent confiscated my dog's food (which I originally bought in Washington) because it wasn't in the original packaging.  BC has had horrendous problems with insect infestations that have decimated forests, leading to the horrific wildfires they've had in recent years.  I can totally understand why they would be wary of firewood being imported. 

Buy it where you burn it. Transporting can be detrimental to local forests. 

Not even country borders.  Every state park (numerous) we have stayed in frown on campers bringing in their own wood.   As a previous environmental invasive treatment manager it’s just a bad idea.  We used to spend and make millions on the invasive creature and folklife battle.

@verna...another thing to carry JIC... I'll come visit your site but will bring our own chairs😀

@verna....yes she did and we were stocked and ready to bring across the border but we all know what happened there...will bring more when we come stateside again, Frank has been nipping into the stock...lol...and yes our 1 litre NuCamp containers travel with us...thanks for that hint too..more wine can now be brought with us..see ya in 2021!

Speaking from experience with BC (provincial) parks and Pacific Rim National Park, the firewood they sell at the campgrounds is usually terrible (fire proof). The best and cheapest camping firewood that is safe to transport anywhere in Canada is from Canadian Tire: seasoned, kiln dried birch.

To be honest, I just got tired of the whole, can I bring firewood or not? is there a burn ban or not? where can I buy it? can I forage for it at the campground (and say hello to a copperhead in the process)?  So I finally just went out and bought a Little Red Campfire gas firepit and bring a 5 gal LP tank. Haven't really missed it since. Fast, simpel and convenient. I can always smell the wood burning from someone else's campfire close by.  

The further one transports firewood either internationally, interstate or even intrastate the greater the risk of also transporting destructive insects or disease from an infected area to an uninfected area.