Permits to cut trees for posts and poles for personal use are issued
directly by the Custer Ranger Districts, if trees are available
for cutting.
Minimum sales on permits are $20.00 and the costs per tree vary
by diameter of the tree and from forest to forest. Trees generally
sell for less than a dollar per tree.
The Beartooth Ranger District of the Custer National Forest in
Red Lodge, Montana is the closest area to Billings that issues permits.
Names are accepted for appointments to issue permits in the spring.
The permits will be sold on a first come, first served basis. The
location of the post and pole units will be given later along with
the authorized time for removal.
Interested individuals must contact the Beartooth District at (406)
446-2103 for additional information or if you have questions.
The next closest area to Billings to obtain posts and poles is
south of Big Timber, Montana. Please contact the Big Timber Ranger
District of the Gallatin National Forest for details. Their phone
number is (406) 932-5155.
For the Lewis and Clark National Forest, contact the Musselshell
Ranger District office in Harlowton, Montana at (406) 632-4391
FIREWOOD PERMITS
Firewood
Permits
Post & Pole Permits
Recreation Passes
Personal Use Firewood Permits can be purchased at any National
Forest Service office in Region One for cutting on any National
Forest in Montana and Northern Idaho that has firewood gathering
available, and on some Bureau of Land Management lands.
Permit holders should stop at local Forest offices to obtain appropriate
local maps and local rules.
On the Custer National Forest, firewood may be gathered on the
Beartooth Ranger District, which includes the Pryor Mountains; the
Ashland Ranger District in southcentral Montana; and the Sioux Ranger
District in southeast Montana.
Permits cost $5.00 per cord. The minimum sale per permit is $20.00,
which entitles the permittee to four cords of wood.
Permittees may purchase up to twelve cords of wood during the season,
which begins April 1 and ends March 31 of the following year.
Permits are non-transferable and must be in the permit holder's
possession when gathering or transporting firewood.
Wood that is dead-felled, or dead-standing, can be removed in lengths
up to six foot. There are also select areas set aside for green
firewood.
It is urged that firewood be collected between May and October.
The forest fire season is May 1 through September 30. During this
time, all vehicles on forest lands must be equipped with a baffled
muffler and serviceable tailpipe and should contain an operable
fire extinguisher of a dry chemical type of not less than 2 ½
pound capacity with a 4 BC rating.
Chain saws must be equipped with an approved spark arrestor screen.
There must be a shovel at least 45 inches long with a blade no less
than six inches wide present, and a fire extinguisher that may be
either a liquid chemical type of at least 8-ounce capacity or a
dry chemical type of at least one-pound capacity.
There are other regulations that are provided at the time a permit
is issued.
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