favorite type of firewood

[beacher]

Favorite type of firewood?  Being a city dweller, I find that to be a very odd question.

My absolute favorite is whatever is lying on the ground nearby and burns well!

Living in a big city all of my life I don't really have a choice to make.  I would never cut the trees down on my property, they are part of the  landscape, took decades to grow, and they add tens of thousands of dollars in "curbside appeal" value to the property!

When considering firewood, I burn whatever crosses my path as long as it's dry and affordable!

[The Prince of Darkness]

I perfer oak or maple, seasoned of course.  Since I live in Ohio we are not permitted to bring frewood to state or private CG's due to the spread of the emerald ash boring beetle.  So the bottom line, got to buy from the locals, except for the state parks will allow you to cut dead and down wood, good luck on finding any of that.

[pop-n-go]

It seems that this discussion is lacking input from us westerners.  Juniper, Red Cedar and Pinon Pine all make for a great camp fire; aromatic, hot and slow burning.  In his book Desert Solitaire, Ed Abbey, "the Thoreau of the West", describes the joys of a Juniper campfire while working as a seasonal ranger at Arches National Monument.  It is a great read if you are the outdoorsy type.

[Lennotglen]

There is a fence company nearby and they put out a box of scrap wood at the end of the day.  They aren't doing much this time of year but during camping season there's plenty.  I usually get a supply of cedar from there and supplement it with a few pieces of seasoned hardwood.
I don't think the Emerald Ash Borer is a problem in New England but we have similar problems with the Asian Long Horned Beetle.  Nasty critter!