Forest Service FIREWOOD REMOVAL CONDITIONS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Upon receiving and signing your permit, you are agreeing to the conditions listed on this map and those listed in the FOREST PRODUCTS REMOVAL PERMIT. Please read them carefully. A) Load tickets must be validated (by cutting out the month and date of removal), and attached to the load before moving the vehicle from the cutting site. One validated load ticket must be attached to the back of the load and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest made clearly visible for: 1) each ½ (half) cord of wood, or 2) any portion thereof. A standard pickup without sideboards, loaded level with the top of the sides, will hold about WOODCUTTING MAP a half cord of wood. Chelan, Entiat, Wenatchee River & Cle Elum Ranger Districts B) This permit is for dead wood, with the following exceptions: 1) No cutting is permitted of any trees within a Timber Sale. This map is being distributed to all who purchase woodcut- Also, some small sites such as campgrounds and administra- ting permits for the Chelan, Entiat, Wenatchee River and tive study sites, are closed to woodcutting within the large 2) No cutting or removal of snags or down logs marked with paint, plastic ribbon, and/or signs. Cle Elum Ranger Districts to show where wood removal is areas which are shown as open to wood collection. 3) No cutting or removal of snags with bird cavities (holes), nests, broken tops, or wildlife signs. allowed. It does not apply to the Naches, Methow Valley 4) No cutting of windthrown green trees without written approval from a Forest Officer. or Tonasket Ranger Districts. The permit does not authorize There may be some limited exceptions to the information firewood cutting on private or state land, shown in white on shown on this map. For example, in a few cases, woodcut- 5) No cutting or removal of firewood within 300 feet of streams, lakes, ponds, or wet areas. the map. ting may be permitted within the closed area. Check with the 6) Firewood must not be transported in lengths exceeding 8 feet. local ranger district office for any exceptions. 7) Snag felling is prohibited on the Cle Elum Ranger District. In order to meet the requirements of both the Northwest As we learn more about the needs of wildlife species, there 8) Snag felling is restricted on the Entiat Ranger District to standing dead trees not larger than 20 inches in diameter Forest Plan and the Okanogan-Wenatchee Forest Plan for (includes the bark, measured one foot above the ground). maintaining adequate numbers of standing and down dead are likely to be further changes in the Okanogan-Wenatchee material for wildlife use, there are some restrictions in areas National Forest firewood program. We recognize the impor- 9) Additional special restrictions may be applied by a Forest Officer. open to firewood cutting. For example, Late Successional tance of this program to the public. Our goal will be to con- C) Campers may use up to ¼ (one-quarter) cord of firewood per day, for each campsite, without needing to get a stub. Reserves and Adaptive Management Areas remain closed to tinue the program while providing proper protection to the Removal of firewood in a campground is not allowed. Unused firewood must be left in the campground when you woodcutting. An additional restriction has been added to pro- national forest. leave. The same woodcutting rules apply. tect areas adjacent to streams and wetlands. Firewood cut- D) It is not legal to cut live Western Larch (tamarack) which shed their needles in the late fall and winter and appear to Your comments and suggestions for meeting these objectives ting is not allowed within 300 feet of streams, lakes, ponds be dead. are always welcome. Feel free to share them with your local or wet areas. As all these areas cannot reasonably be shown E) Possession and/or transportation of cedar is restricted under RCW 76.48.070. District Ranger or mail them to: on the map, it is the responsibility of firewood permit hold- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, F) The use of specialized loading and skidding equipment, such as a tractor, rubber tired skidder, or large truck with ers to limit their wood gathering activities to areas outside self-loader, is not allowed without written approval from a Forest Officer. 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, WA 98801 of these stream protection zones. Snag felling on the Entiat Ranger District is restricted to standing dead trees 20 inches Thank you for your cooperation. See other side for information about Industrial Fire Precaution Levels in diameter or smaller. The Cle Elum Ranger District is closed Fisher Peak Forest Supervisor to all snag felling. in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Pearrygin Peak Eldorado Peak Logan Mount Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Starvation Mountain Black Peak McKinney Mountain Lewis Butte R. 12 E. R. 13 E. R. 14 E. R. 16 E. R. 17 E. R. 18 E. R. 19 E. R. 20 E. R. 21 E. R. 22 E. R. 23 E. 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