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Bighorn National Forest

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Find a Forest (NF)
or Grassland (NG)

USDA Forest Service
Bighorn National Forest
2013 Eastside 2nd Street
Sheridan, WY 82801
307-674-2600

Telephone for the
Hearing Impaired
307-674-2604

United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Passes & Permits

Photo of a person riding horseback though a meadow.Most National Forests and Grasslands, including the Bighorn, are open, free of charge, for your use and enjoyment. Fees may be charged and permits required for some activities and locations. Business permittees, such as campground concessionaires and outfitter guides, may provide services to public land users.

 

 

Interagency Passes

The Bighorn National Forest does not have a general entrance fee; however, the Forest continues to honor an Interagency Passes at all fee campgrounds.

The America the Beautiful Pass can provide either free entrance or a discount for certain recreation fees.

There are three types of passports available:

  • Annual for general public, $80
  • Senior for individuals 62 years or older, $10
  • Access for blind or permanently
    disabled individuals, FREE

Permitted Services

To obtain campground, outfitter guide, and other services from commercial companies who operate through Forest Service permits, please contact them directly.

Permits

Permits may be required for certain individual and commercial activities that occur on the Forest including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Advertising
  • Christmas trees
  • Collection
  • Filming and photography
  • Fire
  • Firewood
  • Mushroom
  • Off-highway vehicle
  • Post and pole
  • River
  • Road
  • Outfitting/Guiding
  • Wilderness

For more information on the permit process, click here.

Forest Product Permits

Information on Christmas tree, post & pole, transplants, or firewood permits. These permits are available at all district offices.

 

 

Recreation Fee Demonstration Program

This program charges recreation fees, which are in turn reinvested in our recreation areas to maintain, improve, and develop natural resources, recreation facilities, and services.

Rules & Regulations

Please become familiar with our rules and regulations by checking this website and our local offices. Also, take time to read signs and bulletin boards during your visit to the grassland.


Recreation Residences

Recreation residences, or summer homes, are private structures located on National Forest System land. The structures are authorized under a special use permit issued by the local Ranger District office. Recreation residences sell through reality offices. If you are interested in purchasing one, please contact a realtor in the area where you are interested. Prior to purchase of a recreation residence, you are required to meet with the local District Ranger to discuss requirements of holding a special use authorization. National Forest Homeowners Association

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Last modified September 11, 2008

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