{"id":2727,"date":"2023-07-15T23:55:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T23:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/?page_id=2727"},"modified":"2024-11-26T13:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T13:19:42","slug":"firewood-banks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/firewood-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"National Wood Bank Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up photo of stacked firewood\" class=\"wp-image-2741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-317x211.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-423x281.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-634x421.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-846x562.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-951x632.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-pile-close-up-min-1268x842.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The National Wood Bank Project seeks to support wood bank operators, users, funders, and start-ups with print and online resources, networks, and webinars. Wood banks serve heating insecure households with fuel wood that may be donated or cut, split, and delivered by volunteers. Models of wood banks vary widely with the needs and resources of the communities they serve \u2013 there is no single template that will work. However, wood banks can still learn from each other\u2019s ideas, challenges, and successes. We hope this cache of resources will aid the experienced wood bank, support start-ups, and help build a network of wood banks nation-wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact <strong>Rebecca Rundquist<\/strong>, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rebecca.rundquist@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rebecca.rundquist@maine.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-banks-join-us-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"Cartoon showing several people standing next to split firewood and holding a sign that says 'Join Us'\" class=\"wp-image-2754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-banks-join-us-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-banks-join-us-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-banks-join-us-105x57.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-banks-join-us-317x173.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-banks-join-us-423x231.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-banks-join-us-634x346.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/07\/firewood-banks-join-us.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The National Wood Bank Project is a collaboration of USDA Forest Service, Alliance for Green Heat, School of Forest Resources, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Wood Bank Project seeks to support wood bank operators, users, funders, and start-ups with print and online resources, networks, and webinars. 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