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Beginning May 1, personal and commercial use firewood collection season will resume on the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and Crooked River National Grassland. All areas will remain open through November 30, 2021. While many of the permit requirements were waived in 2020, the public will again be required to purchase firewood permits and tag their loaded firewood in 2021. While U.S. Forest Service offices remain closed to the public, individual permits can be purchased for $10 per cord (with a two cord minimum) from a variety of Central Oregon vendors. Each household may purchase up to 8 cords annually. Permit holders will receive a 'Firewood Synopsis,' a publication illustrating the areas where the public has access to collect firewood after purchasing a firewood permit. Permit holders need to pay particular attention to the "Rules and Regulations" as well as the specific cutting designations listed on each cutting area map in the synopsis. It is the respons ....
Firewood cutting season resumes May 1; permits available Native plants, mushroom permits also available PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) Beginning May 1, personal and commercial use firewood collection season will resume on the Deschutes and Ochoco national forests and Crooked River National Grassland. All areas will remain open through Nov. 30. While many of the permit requirements were waived in 2020, the public will again be required to purchase firewood permits and tag their loaded firewood in 2021. While U.S. Forest Service offices remain closed to the public, individual permits can be purchased for $10 per cord (with a two cord minimum) from a variety of Central Oregon vendors. Each household may purchase up to eight cords annually. ....
Firewood-cutting season ends on Central Oregon public lands BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Forest officials want to remind the public that personal use firewood collection on the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, Crooked River National Grassland and the Prineville District Bureau of Land Management is now prohibited. Firewood cutting season runs from May 1 through November 30 every year. Firewood cutting season ends at the end of November every year to align with winter range closures that begin on December 1. Winter range is habitat deer and elk migrate to in order to find more favorable living conditions during the winter. Winter range is found predominantly in lower elevations of Central Oregon and is extremely important to mule deer survival. ....