Permits

Forest Product Permits

Firewood Permits

Firewood permits are on sale from May 15th through December 31st each year and are purchased in-person at your nearest Forest Service office. Firewood permits authorize a four-cord minimum purchase, and a ten-cord maximum purchase per household. A cord is defined as tightly piled wood in a stack four feet high by four feet wide by eight feet long. Fuelwood permits cost $5 per cord with a four-cord ($20.00) minimum purchase, and a ten-cord maximum per household. A valid permit is required prior to an individual collecting and removing any forest product, including fuelwood, from National Forest System lands. Please carefully review and understand your permit, for additional information and a preview of permit information, view our Firewood Regulations Document.  

Firewood Permits for Moab and Monticello Areas

Firewood permits for the Moab and Monticello areas are available for purchase in-person at the Monticello Ranger District office from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.- 4:30p.m. Monday, Thursday, and Friday and at the Moab office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Please call the front office prior to coming down to ensure we have personnel available to sell fuelwood permits on the days listed above. The two districts share one employee with the credentials to issue fuelwood permits if this employee is sick or is not available, fuelwood permits will not be sold. We are training additional personnel to get the necessary credentials so we can better service the public. Thank you for your patience and understanding. 

Firewood Cutting Maps 

Download a .PDF of the firewood cutting maps:

• 2025 Monticello Ranger District Firewood Map PDF
• 2025 Moab Ranger District Firewood Map
• 2025 Ferron, Price & Sanpete Ranger Districts Firewood Map PDF

New for 2025: Firewood cutting maps are now available in Avenza Maps, a free app that lets you download and use over 1 million digital maps offline on your mobile device. To access the Manti-La Sal National Forest firewood cutting maps, first, download Avenza for Android or iPhone, then you can access the maps below!

• 2025 Monticello Ranger District Avenza Firewood Map
• 2025 Moab Ranger District Avenza Firewood Map
• 2025 Ferron, Price & Sanpete Ranger Districts Avenza Firewood Map

Christmas Tree Permits

Christmas tree permits are sold from October through the middle of December. Permits are sold online through recreation.gov. Learn details about designated cutting areas, dates and types of trees that may be cut.

Fourth graders with an Every Kid Outdoors pass are eligible for a free holiday tree permit through their local National Forest.  To obtain a free holiday tree permit, visit recreation.gov to apply using the Every Kid Outdoors pass by checking the box indicating you have a pass and entering the pass or voucher number.

To purchase a Christmas Tree permit, visit recreation.gov and search for Manti-La Sal National Forest Christmas Tree Permits.  It is important to carefully read the overview and need-to-know information prior to purchasing the permit.  Visitors will also need to set up or login to a recreation.gov account to complete the transaction.

Maps: Moab Map, Monticello Map, Ferron/Price/Sanpete Map

Post, Pole & Seed Permits

The Manti-La Sal National Forest is currently issuing post & pole and seed permits. These permits are in addition to the fuelwood permits, which are available for up to four cords per household. Download the Post Permit Rules and the Seed Permit Rules.

Rocks & Meteorite Permits

Rock hunting (surface collection of rocks and agates, excluding meteorites and fossils), for personal, hobby, and noncommercial use only, is allowed without a permit. Limitations are one five-gallon bucket per day, per person, with a total limit of 250 pounds of rock per year.  For other uses of rock material, contact the local Forest Service Office.  Trading, bartering, or selling rocks and agates from National Forest System Lands is not allowed.

Meteorite is a stony or metallic object from interplanetary space that has fallen to the earth’s surface. The collection of meteorites for personal, hobby, educational, and noncommercial use is allowed without a permit. 

Fossil Collecting Permits

The collection and/or duplication of vertebrate fossils, including vertebrate trace fossils, from National Forest System Lands requires a permit (36 CFR 261.9 (i)).   Permits are issued to qualified paleontologists, who curate fossils and their duplicates into federally approved facilities.

No permits for the collection of any fossils (plants, invertebrates, vertebrates, or any trace fossils) are issued for commercial purposes, except for petrified wood. Trading, bartering, or selling any fossil material (plants, invertebrates, vertebrates, or any trace fossils) removed from National Forest System Lands is prohibited.

Special Uses Program

Each year, the Forest Service receives thousands of individual and business applications for authorization for use of National Forest Service land for such activities as water transmission, agriculture, outfitting and guiding, recreation, telecommunication, research, photography and video productions, and granting road and utility rights-of-ways. The Forest Service carefully reviews each application to determine how the request affects the public's use of NFS land. Normally, NFS land is not made available if the overall needs of the individual or business can be met on non-federal lands.