Permits
The Forest Service offers many activities such as hiking, camping, harvesting forest products such as mushrooms, gathering firewood, and cutting Christmas trees. Many of the facilities and services associated with these opportunities are free, but others require fees, permits, or passes to help maintain, manage and improve upon the amenities you enjoy. This section will help you understand the variety of passes and permits available to you.
Types of Forest Permits
Forest Products are forest resources not associated with traditional timber products but are used for personal, commercial, and scientific purposes. Examples include: firewood, Christmas trees, wildflowers, cones, poles, tree boughs, nuts and berries, mushrooms, ornamental cuttings, moss, and rocks.
To learn what permits are required and available for a particular national forest, visit their website or give them a call.
Forest Product Permit Types
- Mushrooms
- Personal Use Firewood
- Christmas Tree Cutting
- Berries
- Decorative Foliage
- Small Trees and Other Live Plants
- Cones, Bark, Stumps or Conks
- Posts or Poles
Commercial and Event permits can include everything from permits to film a movie on public lands, to holding a race or sporting event on your National Forest trails. Contact the forest directly for this type of permit.