[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR223.5]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 223_SALE AND DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM TIMBER
--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 223.5  Scope of free use granted to individuals.

    (a) Free use may be granted to individuals for firewood for personal 
use, except that such use may be limited to bona fide settlers, miners, 
residents and prospectors living within or immediately adjacent to the 
National Forest when the available supply is insufficient to meet the 
total demand. Free use may be granted to such bona fide settlers, 
miners, residents and prospectors for minerals, for fencing, building, 
mining, prospecting and domestic purposes.


(Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 35, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 477, 551)

    (b) Free use will be granted individuals primarily to aid in the 
protection and silvicultural improvement of the forests. Except in 
unusual cases, the material will be restricted to dead, insect-infested, 
or diseased timber, logging debris, and thinnings. Other material may be 
granted in unusual cases where its refusal would cause unwarranted 
hardship. Where limited supply or other conditions justify such action, 
the free use of green material may be refused.