Passes & Permits
Forest
Products Permit Information
Recreation Fees and Pass Information
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. To learn
more about recreation fees and the various pass options available, visit
the Pacific Northwest recreation fees and passes (http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/passespermits/index.shtml)
website.
A
Northwest
Forest Pass is needed at participating trailheads where recreation
user fees are required. The pass is valid at any national forest in Washington
or Oregon and costs is $30 for an annual pass and $5 for a day pass. The
money goes directly towards trail and trailhead maintenance.
A Northwest Forest Pass can be purchased on-line at: http://www.naturenw.org/store-passes.htm,
or by calling Nature of the Northwest, toll free, at (1-800-270-7504).
**NOTE: The Umatilla National Forest does
not have any trailheads participating in the Northwest Forest Pass at
this time. A pass is not required for day-use at any trailhead on the
Umatilla National Forest.**
America the
Beautiful - Interagency Pass
This new pass, authorized by the Congress in 2004, combines the benefits
of existing recreation passes from five federal agencies into one comprehensive
pass, the “America the Beautiful – National Parks and Federal
Recreational Lands Pass.” The new pass covers recreation opportunities
on public lands managed by four Department of the Interior agencies –
the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management,
and the Bureau of Reclamation, and by the Department of Agriculture’s
U.S. Forest Service.
America the Beautiful - Interagency Passes can be purchased on-line at:
http://www.naturenw.org/store-passes.htm,
or by calling Nature of the Northwest, toll free, at (1-800-270-7504).
The new program replaces the Golden Eagle, Golden Age, and the Golden
Access Passports as well as the National Parks Pass. Existing passes will
remain valid until expired, lost or stolen.
The four different passes in the new interagency program are:
1) a new annual interagency pass costing $80--For visitors to multiple
federal sites, the pass offers unlimited coverage of entrance and standard
amenity recreation fees for a specific period of time, typically a year,
beginning from the date of first use.
2) a $10 lifetime senior pass for U.S. citizens 62 or over;
3) a free lifetime access pass for citizens with permanent disabilities
; and
4) a new, free annual volunteer pass for volunteers acquiring 500
hours of service on a cumulative basis.
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