Six Rivers Reduces Price of Personal Use Fuelwood
[Image from the National Forest Service]
Six Rivers National Forest Supervisor Ted McArthur has announced that effective January 1, 2020, the price per cord of personal use fuelwood on the Six Rivers National Forest will be reduced from $10 per cord to $2 per cord.
According to McArthur, “While we’ve been utilizing timber sale contracts, stewardship agreements, service contracts, and our fire and fuels staff, firewood gathering remains an effective tool in reducing hazardous fuel loading and roadside hazards.” He added, “This is a win-win for everyone—by reducing the cost, we hope to encourage more folks to get out and enjoy and use their public lands, all while helping us reduce the hazardous fuel buildup we have on the forest.”
Instead of getting two cords of wood for the $20-minimum purchase, persons will now get ten cords of personal use fuelwood for $20. The personal-fuelwood limit will remain at 10 cords per year. The new wood tags will be available at all forest offices January 2, 2020, and are good until December 31, 2020.
For more information or to purchase personal-use fuelwood-cutting permits, visit any Six Rivers National Forest office:
Forest Headquarters
1330 Bayshore Way, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 442-1721
Gasquet Ranger Station
10600 Highway 199, Gasquet, CA 95543
(707) 457-3131
Orleans Ranger Station
1 Ishi Pishi Road, Orleans, CA 95556
(530) 627-3291
Lower Trinity Ranger Station
580 Highway 96, Willow Creek, CA 95573
(530) 629-2118
Mad River Ranger Station
741 Highway 36, Bridgeville, CA 95526
(707) 574-6233
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Get it while you can. Democrats want to put a tax on firewood and stoves.
oh brother
Nice thing for them to do reduce the cost especially people who only have wood to burn for heat
Excellent idea!
Awesome! Thanks USFS.
Firewood gathering permits for personal use are for suckers! I already paid for plenty of firewood via my federal income taxes. More fee’s to gather wood from land that is already paid for by taxes? No thanks.
Because $2 for an entire cord of wood is outrageous isn’t it? We all pay taxes bud, get over it. Everyone knows land management agencies have funding issues as it is, I think you can spare a few bucks to legally cut your wood for the winter.