Passes & Permits
The Forest Service offers many activities such as hiking,
biking, skiing, camping, birding, using cabins, driving for pleasure,
harvesting mushrooms, and gathering firewood. Many of the facilities
and services associated with these opportunities are free. Some
do require fees or permits to help maintain, manage and improve
the amenities that you enjoy.
This page will help you find information on the following:
Recreation Fees and Passes
About
Recreation Fees - National Recreation Fees, Passes and Permits
This recreation fees, passes, and permits section will help you
understand the types of recreation fees, recreation passes available,
and general information
about the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act that Congress
enacted in December of 2004.
Pacific Northwest Recreation Resource Advisory
Committee (RAC)
The PNW Recreation RAC is a citizen's advisory committee that
makes recommendations on creating new or changing existing recreation
fees managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) in Oregon and Washington. The PNW Recreation RAC is authorized
under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, which was signed
into law in December, 2004. Advice and recommendations from the PNW Recreation RAC is combined
with other public notification and communication efforts to help
the agencies make sound decisions regarding recreation fees.
Valid
Recreation Passes
The Umpqua National Forest has nine
standard amenity fee sites requiring a recreation pass. In the
Pacific Northwest you have several pass options available.
Regional Recreation Passes: This
site will help you see the available passes that cover standard
amenity fee sites in Oregon and Washington. Information on the
Northwest Forest Passes, and the Washington and Oregon Recreation
Pass can be found here.
Interagency
Recreation Passes: This
site will help you see the various interagency recreation passes
available that cover standard amenity fees for federal agencies across
the United States. Information on the "America the Beautiful
-- The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass" (Interagency
Annual Pass, Interagency
Senior Pass, and Interagency
Access Pass)
can be found here.
- If you are
having difficulty deciding which pass is best for you? Try
this site.
Recreation Rentals
Whether it is winter, spring, summer, or fall, you can step back
in time by rending a historic
Forest Service cabin or fire lookout. These remote rentals once
operated as fully staffed lookouts or guard stations, and are now
unique opportunities to get away with family and friends.
These recreation rentals are offered to the public under the Federal
Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. Rental fees are retained locally
to help maintain and preserve these historic properties.
The Umpqua National Forest offers five rental opportunities:
Campground Fees
Fees for camping in developed campground in the Umpqua National
Forest are listed under Recreational
Activities. Dispersed camping and some campground are free.
Gathering Firewood
Special Forest Products
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