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Forest Firewood Save Email Print
Posted: 4:59 PM Aug 23, 2008
Last Updated: 4:59 PM Aug 23, 2008

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The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest is banning firewood from the southern two-thirds of Wisconsin, not just wood from out of state. Forest officials say they're taking the firewood ban a step further because the destructive emerald ash borer has recently been found in Ozaukee and Washington counties. The forest doesn't want firewood imported from anywhere south of Highway 29, stretching from Green Bay to the east and Prescott to the west. Forest Service spokesman Mark Theisen says they won't be able to check every campsite, but campers who disregard the rule can be fined. Chequamegon-Nicolet has more than 1,100 campsites throughout the 1.5 million acre forest.

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WEDNESDAY: Cloudy skies, a few periods of light snow. Accumulations generally less than an inch. High: 26°/FALLING PM

THURSDAY: Generous sunshine, temperatures slide a bit. High: 24°

FRIDAY: Increasing clouds, breezy from the SW, milder. Light rain or snow developing very late in the day or at night. Sleet at night too? High: 36°

SATURDAY: A few flurries early in the day, otherwise partly sunny, breezy, and significantly colder. High: 19°

SUNDAY: Plentiful sunshine, temps still a bit below normal. High: 25°

MONDAY: Partly cloudy, a flurry or two? High: 27°

TUESDAY: Mainly sunny, colder once again. High: 21°

METEOROLOGIST MARK HENDERSON