Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests
Crooked River National Grassland

Firewood

Firewood Cutting Season is now closed and will reopen on May 1, 2010

Central Oregon Firewood Program

The Central Oregon Firewood Program covers personal use firewood sales on the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, Crooked River National Grassland, and the Prineville BLM District. The program was developed as part of the Central Oregon Initiative; it seeks to bring some consistency and coordination to the federal firewood program in Central Oregon. The program meets several objectives:

• coordinated cutting seasons
• one set of rules on all units
• identical signs for cutting and no-cutting areas, to avoid confusion
• one common permit, good at any Forest Service or BLM firewood cutting area in Central Oregon
• a standard price of $10.00 per cord, with a $20.00 minimum
• expanded availability of permits through private vendors
• interagency enforcement of the eight cord-per-household limit

Call the Forest Service in early April to find out exactly when permits will be available.

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