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1. Up to 12 cords of firewood, per household, per year, may be removed with the purchase of firewood

permits and the corresponding load tickets. Each load ticket is worth $2.50 which is good for 1/2 cord.

There is a $20 (four cord) minimum permit fee for purchased firewood. Purchaser must be 18 years or

older to buy a permit.

2. All dead or down woody material less than 20 inches in diameter (including bark, measured 1 foot above th

ground for standing material) is considered firewood on the National Forest except standing or down trees

that are signed or marked with any colored paint.

3. Closed areas for firewood removal on the National Forest are:

a. Beyond 200 feet of an unblocked, signed National Forest road. Gathering beyond 200 feet is not allowe

b. Areas or routes closed by current travel regulations or special closures.

c. Within 300 feet of fish bearing streams as shown on this map.

d. Within 150 feet of other streams, ponds, lakes, reservoirs, or wetlands not shown on this map.

e. Late Successional Reserves (shown as closed to firewood gathering on this map).

f. Campgrounds, trailheads, picnic areas, Wilderness Areas Research Natural Areas, Botanical Areas or

other Forest Service Administrative Sites.

g. The North Cascades Scenic Highway (including all side roads), between the east and west scenic

highway portal signs.

h. Within 200 feet of State Highway 20 on National Forest Lands.

i. Forest Service Road 5400 (Harts Pass).

j. Timber Sale areas, or other areas signed as “No Firewood Cutting Allowed.”

4. Winching firewood is allowed provided that your vehicle is on an unblocked, signed Forest Service road, an

your firewood is within 200 feet of the road.

5. The use of tractors, skidders, snowmobiles and bulldozers for harvest and removal of firewood is not allow

under this permit without the written permission of the Forest Service. The use of ATVs or UTVs for skiddin

is prohibited.

6. Road surfaces, shoulders, ditches, and closure devices (gates or earthen barriers) must not be blocked or

damaged. Operating a vehicle off of unblocked Forest Service roads is prohibited.

7. You are required to tag your firewood before leaving each wood cutting site and attach the appropriate

number of validated load tickets to the back of the load where they can be easily seen. Attach one ticket fo

each 1/2 cord you are hauling prior to leaving any wood cutting site. Amounts less than 1/2 cord still requir

one ticket. Load tickets/firewood permits must be shown to any Forest Service employee or Law

Enforcement Officer when requested.

a. You are required to fill out the removal log on your permit showing date and time material is removed.

8. Campers may gather and use up to 1/4 cord of firewood per day for each campsite without needing to get

a firewood permit. Removal of firewood IN a developed campground is not allowed. Unused firewood must

be left at your campsite when you leave. A firewood permit is required if you want to remove the firewood

from the National Forest. The same cutting rules apply when cutting camp firewood as when cutting firewo

for your personal use.

9. Material removed under this permit must be cut to lengths of less than 8 feet.

10. Stump height must be less than 12 inches and all unused material must be removed from roadways and

ditches.

11. Payments for purchased firewood permits are not subject to refund. Firewood permits and the load tickets

expire Dec. 31 of each year. Firewood permits/load tickets cannot be resold, exchanged or given away.

12. All Okanogan National Forest Industrial Fire Precaution restrictions apply to this permit.

13. The permittee, and those accompanying her/him, shall indemnify and hold the USDA Forest Service

harmless from any claims, loss, cost, injury, expenses, attorney’s fees, damages or liability caused by or

arising out of the exercise of this permit.

14. Any violation of the conditions of this permit may invalidate the permit and result in appropriate legal action

including civil damages (36 CFR 261.6).

15. The permittee identified on form FS-2400-1, Forest Products Removal Permit, must be present when

gathering firewood. Advance approval and written documentation, arranged at local Forest Service

Offices, is required for exceptions.

16. Cutting of western red cedar trees is not permitted.