At a time when invasive species are spreading like never before and posing increasingly greater threats to trees, government at all levels is plagued by disconnection and inaction. Instead of uniting and putting maximum effort into preserving such vital resources, the federal government has largely left the states to act on their own. As new treatments and management methods emerge, they are not implemented equally. Rather, states take vastly different approaches, with some having more stringent guidelines and others barely having any. This is especially true of firewood regulations. Firewood is a major pathway by which invasive insects spread. As such, states have attempted to regulate its transportation, though these regulations are no more unified than any other area of invasive species law. Iowa falls near the lax end of the firewood regulation spectrum, having only labeling requirements with no general quarantine or heat treatment standard. This Note proposes that the state implement such standards, allowing it to be more preventive in its approach to invasive species than reactive. By doing so, Iowa will be better equipped to handle the invasions that are sure to come and preserve its resources in the face of a growing crisis.