MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. — The Mendocino National Forest is selling personal-use firewood permits.

The permit costs $2 per cord with a minimum purchase required of $20 for 10 cords. The maximum number of cords that can be purchased is 12 cords per household. Permits are valid through Dec. 31.

Visitors can purchase a permit at Forest Service district offices in Willows, Stonyford, Upper Lake or Covelo.

It is illegal to remove firewood from the forest without a valid permit. All firewood removed from the forest must be dead and already on the ground. The maximum length for a piece of wood to be removed is 6 feet.

Firewood collected within Lake and Mendocino counties is subject to state and federal quarantines to limit the spread of the sudden oak death pathogen.

Firewood taken from these counties can only be transported into other sudden oak death quarantined counties, including Alameda, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Marin, Monterrey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma and Trinity.

More information may be requested through Laura Leidner at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

For more information about the Mendocino National Forest, visit www.fs.usda.gov/mendocino.