{"id":515,"date":"2019-05-03T09:09:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T13:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/?p=515"},"modified":"2021-09-03T12:33:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T16:33:37","slug":"the-precious-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/the-precious-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"FOREST GROWN HARDWOODS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1115\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1115\" class=\"wp-image-1115 size-full\" style=\"border: 5px solid #ffdcb9;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Precious-Forest-blog.jpg\" alt=\"The sign is the entrance to the precious forest- allegheny national forest which includes 513,175 acres or 801.8 square acres and includes the allegheny reservoir natural habitat\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Precious-Forest-blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Precious-Forest-blog-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Precious-Forest-blog-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The precious forest, source of forest grown hardwoods, covers 513,175 acres (801.8 square miles) and includes the Allegheny Reservoir Natural Habitat.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">FOREST GROWN HARDWOODS<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/web-audio-button.jpeg\" alt=\"Listen to the precious forest blog\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-515-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLOG.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLOG.mp3\">http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLOG.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>It is likely when you have your heart set on some<a href=\"http:\/\/smokinlicious.com\/recipe\/\"> wood-fired<\/a> cooked foods that you give little attention to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/index.php?Products\">wood<\/a> that will be required for that cooking event.\u00a0 You may have seen<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/products.html\"> wood smoker chips or chunks <\/a>available in your local box store and decided that you can always pick those up last minute, to be assured your plans aren\u2019t foiled. Or, you simply plan to go with charcoal chips without considering that this product is made from wood as well.\u00a0 Is the product made from something less than forest grown hardwoods?\u00a0 Smokinlicious<strong>\u00ae <\/strong>uses only forest grown hardwoods in the production of our entire line of cooking and smoking woods!<\/p>\n<p><strong>STOP<\/strong> and ponder this for a moment &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/\"><strong> <em>Do you realize where exactly those wood products come from?<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unless you are in a direct county of involvement, you likely have not realized the <em>invasions<\/em> that are occurring readily to our forests, woodlots, and home landscapes.<\/p>\n<h3><strong> To date, here are some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/forestmanagement\/products\/, https:\/\/www.tree-guide.com\/tree-diseases\">diseases and infestations<\/a> we are battling in the USA&#8217;s Precious Forest regions: <\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Emerald Ash Borer<\/li>\n<li>Hemlock Woolly Adelgid<\/li>\n<li>Whitebark Pine Beatle<\/li>\n<li>Beech Bark Disease<\/li>\n<li>Dutch Elm Disease<\/li>\n<li>Butternut Canker<\/li>\n<li>Asian Longhorn Beetle<\/li>\n<li>Dogwood Anthracnose<\/li>\n<li>Gypsy Moth<\/li>\n<li>Balsam Woolly Adelgid<\/li>\n<li>Laurel Wilt disease<\/li>\n<li>Sirex Wood Wasp<\/li>\n<li>Sudden Oak Death<\/li>\n<li>Polyphagous &amp; Kuroshio Shot Hole Borer affecting sycamores, willows, oaks, maples (including Boxelder), and commercial avocado trees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foresthealth.fs.usda.gov\/portal\/Flex\/APE\">EVERY state in the US has battled imported forest pests with the hardest hit being New York State followed closely by MA, WI, IL, VA, MI, NJ, OH, and CA<\/a>. \u00a0Every decade, 25 new insect pests are established in the US which can lead for potential decimate of an entire tree species in just decades.<\/p>\n<p>So why if you are a lover of BBQ smoking chips or BBQ wood chunks (smoking using wood chunks or woodchips) or other<a href=\"http:\/\/smokinlicious.com\/recipe\/\"> wood-fired foods<\/a>, should issues with bugs be of concern?\u00a0 Because cooking by fire is the oldest known cooking method for humankind.\u00a0 Right now, you may simply enjoy 3 benefits of trees: for shade, for beauty (viewing), and for a flavor to foods cooked on your grill\/smoker.<\/p>\n<h3>But there are many other benefits to forest grown hardwoods:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Decrease atmospheric carbon by capturing and storing CO2<\/li>\n<li>Improve air quality by filtering pollutants and releasing oxygen<\/li>\n<li>Reduce stormwater runoff and pollutants entering local water bodies<\/li>\n<li>Increase property values by 3-7%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The pollutant removal alone that trees are responsible for provides a human health benefit worth $6.8 billion per year!\u00a0<em> Trees keep us alive!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As of December 2016, <strong>NYS DEC<\/strong> has detected an increased prevalence of Oak Wilt in the state which has no known treatment to contain and kill this fungus.\u00a0 Oak is one of the most popular<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/products.html\"> hardwoods<\/a> for wood-fired cooking methods.<\/p>\n<p>Please, take the time to source wood for cooking from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/products.html\">reputable sources <\/a>and follow the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dontmovefirewood.org\/the-problem\/state-state-information\/index.html\"> laws in place in your specific state<\/a> to ensure we can limit the spread of these pests and diseases, and continue to enjoy the oldest method of cooking: by fire!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1028\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1028\" class=\" wp-image-1028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-information-tag-blogs.jpg\" alt=\"related reading on this subject\" width=\"255\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-information-tag-blogs.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-information-tag-blogs-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">related reading on this subject!<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Additional reading:<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a title=\"Permanent Link: ARE FRUIT WOOD TREES LIKE THE APPLE \u201cSNOW WHITE\u201d BIT INTO?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/are-fruit-wood-trees-like-the-apple-snow-white-bit-into\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">-ARE FRUITWOOD TREES LIKE THE APPLE \u201cSNOW WHITE\u201d BIT INTO?<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a title=\"Permanent Link: TO BARK OR NOT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/to-bark-or-not\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">-TO BARK OR NOT<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a title=\"Permanent Link: SHOULD YOU GRILL WITH MOLDY WOODS?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/should-you-grill-with-moldy-woods\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">-SHOULD YOU GRILL WITH MOLDY WOODS?<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2>Purchase Products:<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wood-chips-grande-sapore\/\">Wood Chips-Grande Sapore\u00ae<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wood-chunks-double-and-single-filet\/\">Wood Chunks- Double &amp; Single Filet<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1097\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1097\" class=\"wp-image-1097 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-drsmoke-with-border-150x150.png\" alt=\"Dr.Smoke- &quot;Appreciate the precious forest as our renewable resource and source for forest grown hardwoods for cooking and smoking.&quot;\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-drsmoke-with-border-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-drsmoke-with-border-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-drsmoke-with-border-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-drsmoke-with-border-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-drsmoke-with-border-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-drsmoke-with-border-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-drsmoke-with-border.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr.Smoke- &#8220;Appreciate the precious forest as our renewable resource and source for forest grown hardwoods for cooking and smoking.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The movement of untreated wood is everyone&#8217;s concern for our precious forest- Be a steward for the forest and stop this practice. 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