The Eastern Primitive Rendezvous requires a whole bunch of firewood! For the year 2000 EPR we have ordered 160 full cords - not FACE cords, but FULL cords. A full cord of wood is a stack 4 feet high x 4 feet wide x by 8 feet long. Because we require so much wood this MUST be done under a binding contract. Our contract specified 160 full cords of mixed hardwood (no pine or poplar) which is to be cut, split and stacked at the rendezvous site. We also included in the contract the poles we will need for the hooters, for our flags, and for misc. stuff. The total contract price for this much wood is $12,800.00.  Local woodcutters, Jason Prechel and Scott Clarkson are doing the work.

Rendezvous officers MUST follow up on the firewood contract to make sure progress is being made and remains on schedule. Wood must be cut far enough ahead so that it can season, yet not so far ahead that it becomes rotten. Officers must also be careful that the cut and stacked wood is not stolen prior to the event!

Secondly, arrangements must be made to make sure wood piles are always replenished during the event so nobody runs out of firewood. Trucks must be loaded and regular runs must be made into camp. After the event all extra wood must be cleaned up and stacked in one location where the extra can be sold off. For the year 2000 EPR we have made arrangements for our firewood contractor to buy back the wood that was not used.