The following actions are prohibited: Cutting, removing or otherwise damaging any timber, tree, or other forest product, including special forest products and forest botanical products without a permit.

Forest Products are forest resources that are used for personal, commercial, and scientific purposes.  Examples include (Christmas trees, firewood, small tree, and other live plants, collections of cones, bark, conks, boughs, mushrooms, post and poles, rocks, etc.) except as authorized by Federal law, regulation, permit, contract, special use authorization, free use authorization, or personal use authorization.  Please contact the Ranger District office you are interested in obtaining forest products from.

Guidelines for Plant Collection:

• Following appropriate environmental analysis, commercial collection of native species (plants, plant parts, or seed-quantity, location and appropriateness) may be allowed.
• Except for Forest Service approved scientific or restoration projects, or cultural use, no collection of seeds or plants are permitted in Research Natural Areas, Special Interest Areas, Wilderness or recommended Wilderness, developed recreation sites, the Central Wasatch Management Areas, and within the Cache Box-Elder Management Area from mouth of Logan Canyon to Temple Fork and Tony Grove-White Pine areas.

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2024 FIREWOOD CUTTING AND TRANSPLANTING TREES INFORMATION

Firewood cutting permits allows firewood cutters to remove downed timber or to cut standing dead trees under most conditions. Firewood cutters are urged to use caution when driving and cutting in the forest, as both are potentially dangerous activities. 

The funds generated by firewood permit sales go directly into road maintenance and salvage sale fund.

The Logan and Ogden Ranger Districts 

• Logan Ranger District (435) 755-3620, 1500 E. Highway 89, Logan, UT 84321
  Permits allow you to collect dead and down and dead standing wood, in designated areas.
  Minimum purchase is 4 cords for $30 – additional cords are $7.50
  Maximum purchase is 10 cords per household for $75.
  Map of cutting areas
• Ogden Ranger District, (385) 405-7100, 6620 East 100 South, Huntsville, UT 84317 
  Permits allow you to collect dead and down wood only, in designated areas.
  Minimum purchase is 4 cords for $30 – additional cords are $7.50
  Maximum purchase is 10 cords per household for $75.
  Map of cutting areas

Evanston Ranger District at (307) 789-3194, .

Mt. View Ranger District at (307) 782-6555 
Personal Use Firewood Flyer  
Evanston Ranger District cutting area map
Mt. View Ranger District cutting area map 


Heber/Kamas Ranger District at (435) 783-4338 or (435) 654-0470

Personal Use Firewood Cutting Flyer
Firewood Map 
Post and Pole cutting flyer and map
Transplanting Flyer
Transplanting Map

Pleasant Grove Ranger District at (801) 785-3563
  
Map of firewood cutting area

Spanish Fork Ranger District at (801) 798-3571
Firewood cutting is ended for 2023 
Map of firewood cutting area

Ashley National Forest firewood cutting information
 

Salt Lake Ranger District:  Rock Permit
The Salt Lake Ranger District has discontinued the rock permit program.  Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake District Office is issuing permits for their district.  For additional information contact 801-977-4300.

2024 CHRISTMAS TREE CUTTING INFORMATION

Evanston/Mt. View Ranger Districts:  Permits will be available starting Monday, November 6, 2023, at 8:00 a.m.  at both Forest Service offices and venders.  Permits are $20.00 and there is a one permit per household limit. Permits will be available at the following locations:

• The Evanston Ranger District office, 1565 Highway 150, Suite A, Evanston, Wyoming, Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Mt. View Ranger District office at 321 Highway 414, Mt. View, Wyoming, Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• The Bear River Lodge which is located thirty miles south of Evanston on the Mirror Lake Highway, (435) 642-6289.
• Sportsworld 524 Front Street, Evanston, Wyoming 307-789-6788
• Benedict Thriftway Store, 950 North, Highway 414, Mountain View, Wyoming, (307) 782-3581. Benedicts is open 7 days a week, Monday through Saturday 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Sundays 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and will close at 1:00 pm on Thanksgiving Day.
• Please call the vendor for their operating hours

Permits allow an up to 20-foot tree any species of tree may be cut, but Lodgepole pine is the main species in the area.  Snow conditions may require permit holders to use 4-wheel drive, snowmobiles, x-country skis, or snowshoes to access the cutting area.  The gates on the Mirror Lake Highway and the North Slope Road are typically closed during the first week of December, limiting access for people without a snow machine.  Access to the Mountain View Ranger District may require 4-wheel drive or the use of snow machines, skis, or snowshoes during this time of year. Please follow the district travel plan when cutting a Christmas tree.  
Christmas Tree Permits can also be purchased online through recreation.gov 
Map showing the Christmas Tree cutting areas on Evanston 
Map showing the Christmas Tree cutting areas on Mt. View

Heber-Kamas Ranger District: Permits for the Heber-Kamas are sold out.
Species of trees that can be cut include sub-alpine fir, white fir and lodgepole pine. Trees 20 feet tall or shorter may be cut and removed.
Map showing the Christmas Tree cutting areas on the Heber-Kamas Ranger District
Map showing the Christmas Tree cutting areas along the Mirror Lake Highway, State Route 150
Map showing the Christmas Tree cutting areas along the Wolf Creek Pass, State Route 35

Logan Ranger District
Christmas Tree Permits can only be purchased online only through recreation.gov 
Harvesting Christmas trees is not permitted in heritage locations such as the Tony Grove historical nursery area or Old Ephraim’s grave. Also not permitted is harvesting Christmas trees in research areas such as the T.W. Daniels Experimental Forest and the seasonal house area from First Dam to Woodcamp along highway 89 in Logan Canyon.
Map showing the Christmas Tree cutting areas on the Logan Ranger District

Salt Lake Ranger District
Christmas Tree Permits will go on sale online only through recreation.gov November 9th 10:00 AM EST
The only species of tree that can be cut is Juniper and the cutting area is only on the Stansbury Mountain Range in Tooele County.
Map showing the Christmas Tree cutting areas on the Salt Lake Ranger District

ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST CHRISTMAS TREE CUTTING INFORMATION