I've noticed a couple of times now while we are doing tree inventories on farms that collection of wood seems to occur almost without thinking about it. It is probably worth pointing out that taking a tree inventory involves walking all over the farm, around the outside, and back and forth across the middle a bunch of times, so I'm sure that the farmer is thinking, that if these folks are going to be doing all this walking, I might as well make good use of the time and pick up a few pieces of firewood. I would love to know what people are thinking about what we are doing, since it involves so much walking and no visible end product. Just a few sheets of paper with some numbers scralled on them. At least the farmer comes away with enough kindling to start tonight's meal.