The Bureau of Land Management is selling firewood permits for a dollar a cord on public land near the Chester Airport, and the wood is already on the ground. It’s from the 2021 Dixie Fire – standing dead and downed trees that need to come out of the forest anyway, and now you can haul them home for next to nothing.
That’s the deal: a dollar per cord, and every cord you collect helps clear out fuel that’s been sitting there for five years. Fewer dead trees means healthier forest and better habitat behind the burn scar.
Permits are sold online at forestproducts.blm.gov, and they’ll stay available until the downed wood in the collection area is gone. There’s a map showing exactly where you’re allowed to cut, so check it before you head out. Stick to existing roads while you’re in there – the BLM asks that much, and it’s not a big ask for a dollar-a-cord deal.
Questions go to the Eagle Lake Field Office at 530-257-0456.
You can find out more and buy a permit HERE.
You can find out more about the collection area HERE.
You can find out more about the Eagle Lake Field Office HERE.