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Can't go wrong with an axe either :) although, it would just take a lot longer. Squaw wood is exactly what you want cause its dead and will burn fast. Is there any wooded areas where you live? I wouldn't think so, but I could be wrong.

Nope. Except for where people have planted trees-- around houses or parks. If you see a clump of trees out in the middle of nowhere it's either around a house or where a house used to be. And most of the trees are horrible Siberian elms (they call them "Chinese elms", but that's a different tree).

But I've lived in forested places before. And prefer them... as long as there's no humidity.