WALDPORT — Firewood cutting permits for commercial and personal use are now available for the Siuslaw National Forest’s central coast ranger district.
Commercial and personal use permits are required and must be in-hand when harvesting or transporting firewood.
Personal use and commercial firewood permits are at the Central Coast Ranger Station, 1130 Forestry Lane, Waldport and at the Reedsport ranger station, 855 U.S. Highway 101.
The agency said personal use permits are free of charge and households are limited to a maximum of six cords of free personal use firewood per year. Commercial use permits cost $120 for a six-cord minimum and $20 per additional cord. Both permits will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis and are not transferable.
People interested in a firewood permit are encouraged to visit cutting areas before requesting a permit, the agency said. Maps and relevant information are available on the Siuslaw National Forest’s firewood cutting webpage. Roads leading to the firewood cutting areas may be primitive and require 4-wheel drive, the Forest Service said, and asked that people avoid cutting, piling or gathering firewood near streams, ponds, lakes, marshy or wet areas to help protect water quality and fish habitat.
For more information contact Mitch Lachapelle at 541-305-3869 or mitchell.lachapelle@usda.gov or by calling the ranger station in Waldport at 541-563-8400 or station in Reedsport at 541-271-6000.
