Forest Products



SPECIAL FOREST PRODUCTS FOR PERSONAL USE
NO PERMIT REQUIRED -  EXCEPT FOR FIREWOOD

No permit is required for collecting the following products and amounts for personal use from state forestland in the Astoria, Tillamook, Forest Grove, North Cascade, or West Oregon Districts.    

Amounts of materials may be in possession per vehicle at any one time.
For commercial use, or for greater amounts or different products, permits are required.
See your local ODF office for obtaining permits.

Special Forest Product
Personal Use Volume
Approximate equivalent

 Round or split posts – including:
Alder poles & Corral poles






27 ft3


For greater volumes contact your local district office.
 25 poles up to 5” diameter at the large end and less than 10 feet in length.

Green trees less than 8” diameter at the stump may be cut from ditch lines or cut banks within 10 feet of the road surface.  Down material can be cut outside sold timber sale contract areas up to 100 feet from the edge of the road.  
Beargrass, Cascara bark
Except NOT IN FG DISTRICT, they are too rare.

Boughs, (Douglas-fir only)

Ferns (sword fern, bracken fern, and fiddleheads),

Huckleberry,
Manzanita,
Moss – NOT IN FG DISTRICT
 Oregon Grape
Other foliage and shrubs

Rock (naturally occurring scattered boulders only - no river rock, crushed rock, or rock from stock piles)

Salal,
Seedlings,
Vine maple
Yew bark


12 ft3

For greater volumes contact your local district office



16 grocery bags

Or

 Depth of 6” inches in a standard 8’ X 4’ pickup bed.
Edible Fungi, i.e., Mushrooms
1 Gallon or less


PERMITS REQUIRED FOR FIREWOOD
Personal use firewood
2 cords
$20

Firewood Permits not issued during fire season - check back in late September...





SPECIAL FOREST PRODUCTS FOR COMMERCIAL USE
 PERMIT REQUIRED
  A permit is required for collecting the following products and amounts from state forestland in the Astoria, Tillamook, Forest Grove, North Cascade, or West Oregon Districts.  
Obtain permits at your local ODF office.

Special Forest Product
Permit Conditions
Price per unit
Round or split posts – including alder poles or corral poles. 0 – 4 inches diameter
$100 minimum
1 month duration
$100 increments only
$100 per 300 posts
$100 for each additional 300 poles
Beargrass
Tillamook district only
Not sold in FG district
Not sold in FG district
Boughs - Doug Fir ONLY
No cedar or noble
$100 minimum
1 month duration
$100 increments only
2000 pounds
See Assistant District Forester for area
Cascara bark, Yew bark
Not sold in FG district
Not sold in FG District
Ferns (sword, bracken) Fiddleheads of edible ferns
$100 minimum
1 month duration
$100 increments only
$100 per 130 plants
Cuttings - $100 per 1,000 pounds.
Commercial Firewood Permits
$100 minimum
1 month duration – or bid per district policy
$100 for first 10 cords
$10 for each additional cord
Red or Evergreen Huckleberry plants or cuttings – no blue huckleberry-
$100 minimum
1 month duration
$100 increments only
$100 per 130 plants
Cuttings - $100 per 1,000 pounds.
Manzanita plants
$100 minimum
1 month duration
$100 per 130 plants

Moss – Tillamook and Astoria districts only
Not sold in FG district
Not sold in FG district
Edible fungi, i.e., Mushrooms or Truffles
$100 minimum
1 month duration
$100 increments only
$100 per 1,000 pounds
Oregon Grape plants or cuttings
$100 minimum
1 month duration
$100 increments only
$100 per 130 plants
Cuttings - $100 per 1,000 pounds.
Rock
Not sold in FG district
Not sold in FG district
Salal
2,000 lbs per person
1 month duration.
20,000 lb limit.
$100 per 2,000 lbs

Tree seedlings
$100 minimum
1 month duration

$100 per 200 seedlings
From ditch-lines or          cut-banks only.
Vine maple clumps or cuttings
$100 minimum
1 month duration
$100 per 200 clumps
$100 per 1,000 pounds
Other
Per District Policy
Per District Policy