Special Forest Products
Introduction
We are pleased to have this opportunity to share with
you information about the expanding special forest products program on the
four ranger districts of the Umpqua National Forest.
We hope this information will make it easier for you
to use these products for personal, commercial and scientific purposes. We
ask that you follow the standards and guidelines available at each Umpqua
Forest office. These standards have been designed to maintain these resources
for future generations.
The term "Special Forest Products" applies
to forest resources that are not associated with timber sale contracts. Hundreds
of these products are currently used in thousands of ways, and new uses for
these products are being discovered every day. Uses range from strawberries,
huckleberries, and mushrooms for personal consumption to commercial uses
such as decorative plant arrangements, landscaping plants, Christmas wreaths,
plants with medicinal properties, and for scientific or commercial research
purposes.
A large variety of products are currently being harvested
on the Umpqua. Some of the more common products that we sell are Christmas
trees; firewood; evergreen boughs for wreaths and other decorations; decorative
greenery such as salal; mushrooms; posts, poles and rails for fencing; live
transplants (conifer trees, vine maple, and others); beargrass (for decorative
arrangements); prince's pine (medicinal and flavoring); and dry cones (decorative
arrangements).
We occasionally sell other products such as burls, fiddle
head ferns, quinine conk, burly/knobby lodgepole posts & poles for rustic
furniture, and a variety of other products that can be removed in a sound,
ecological manner.
Permits
A permit must be obtained prior to
removing most forest products. As part of issuing a permit, the customer
is informed of appropriate precautions, laws, regulations and other standards
pertaining to the particular product. These instructions will help our customers
remove the product in the most ecologically sound manner. The permit process
provides forest managers with the means to track demand for products, the
amount of products removed from the forests, and to protect resources.
Most product permits require payment of $20 (the minimum
charge) or more depending on the amount purchased and market value of the
product being harvested. Product prices depend on the availability of the
product and are based on a percentage of the fair market value.
Free use permits are available for non-commercial amounts
of most special forest products for personal use. These permits are for amounts
that are more than "incidental" amounts and less than the amount that can
be purchased for the minimum $20 charge permit. Each person is allowed only
$20 in free use permits during any one calendar year. Availability of free
use permits depend on the amount wanted and the product desired.
Restrictions
Special products cannot be removed from campgrounds;
special use permit areas (resorts, summer home areas, etc); other developed
sites (office buildings, housing, etc.); from designated wildernesses; within
150 feet of streams, lakes, and wet areas; or other areas as described on
your permit.
Not all products are available on all four ranger districts
on the Umpqua.
Permits must be obtained at the ranger district office
for the harvest area. Firewood permits for the Diamond Lake Ranger District
can be obtained at ranger district offices in Cottage Grove, Tiller, and
Glide. Firewood from other districts must be purchased at those districts.
Christmas tree permits can be obtained at any forest
office. Permits can be obtained through the mail for some products.
Where to get a permit
If you wish to obtain Special Forest Products, please contact any of these
offices. Please call ahead to make certain that someone will be available
to help you before you drive to a forest office to purchase a permit.
- Supervisor's Office 2900 NW Stewart Parkway, Roseburg, OR 97470, 541/672-6601
- Cottage Grove Ranger District, 78405 Cedar Park Road, Cottage Grove,
OR 97424, 541/767-5000
- North Umpqua Ranger District, 18782 North Umpqua Highway, Glide, OR 97443,
541/496-3532
- Diamond Lake Ranger District, 2020 Toketee Ranger Station Road, Idleyld
Park, OR 97447, 541/498-2531
- Tiller Ranger District, 27812 Tiller Trail Highway, Tiller, OR 97484,
541/825-3100
Permit by Mail
Permit form in printable Adobe Acrobat
pdf format (167k)
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