The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is reaching out to residents through an ongoing series of Facebook posts encouraging them to reduce air pollution from their woodstoves used by many Idahoans for heating. The #WoodstoveWednesday posts encourage a variety of actions to improve the efficiency of woodstoves, which can save residents money and improve air quality.
Some of the actions identified are as simple as using dry wood, while others involve getting stoves and chimneys inspected. The posts also share information about how to find an efficient and appropriately sized woodstove. To promote replacement of inefficient and more polluting woodstoves, Idaho DEQ provides residents information on a variety of wood stove replacement funding resources, from rebate programs to state and federal tax credits.
