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This Dec. 20, 2024, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a package of firewood for sale on Long Island, N.Y., bearing a seal certifying the wood has been heat-treated to kill insects and diseases that could otherwise threaten trees and shrubs. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

This Dec. 20, 2024, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a package of firewood for sale on Long Island, N.Y., bearing a seal certifying the wood has been heat-treated to kill insects and diseases that could otherwise threaten trees and shrubs. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

This Oct. 7, 2020, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows wood burning in an outdoor fire pit in Woodstock, N.Y. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

This Oct. 7, 2020, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows wood burning in an outdoor fire pit in Woodstock, N.Y. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 photo, Dan Stevens loads the wood stove at his home in Gardiner, Maine. The number of households using wood as a heating source nearly doubled in Maine from 2000 to 2010, while growing by a third nationwide, according to U.S. Census figures. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 photo, Dan Stevens loads the wood stove at his home in Gardiner, Maine. The number of households using wood as a heating source nearly doubled in Maine from 2000 to 2010, while growing by a third nationwide, according to U.S. Census figures. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)