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Updates & change log

We re-check each forest's official page regularly and record every change here.

2026-10-29

• Added Olympic National Forest (WA): $5 per tree, up to 5 permits per household, on sale now on Recreation.gov. Also added its free personal-use firewood permit (up to 6 cords a year).
• Okanogan-Wenatchee: Recreation.gov now lists the 2026 season. Online sales open Nov 12, 2026, and the permit season runs Nov 12 – Dec 31, 2026 ($5). Added the two wildfire closures the listing names.
• Sawtooth: 2026 North and South Zone Christmas tree maps are now posted on Recreation.gov.
• Mt. Hood firewood: the Forest Service page (updated Oct 28, 2026) says wildfire closures limit some woodcutting areas; added that note.

2026-10-26

• New: personal-use firewood permits for 40 national forests, at /firewood-permits/. Prices, cord limits, seasons, how to buy and cutting rules, from each forest's official page.
• 3 forests (Pike-San Isabel, White River, Fremont-Winema) don't post a firewood price; their pages say so.

2026-10-26

• Added Umatilla National Forest (OR/WA): $5 per permit, one tree per permit, rules and where to buy. 2026 dates not yet confirmed by the forest.

2026-10-25

• Added Wallowa-Whitman National Forest (OR): $5 per tree, up to 5 per permit, online sales Nov 12, 2026, season Nov 12 – Dec 31, 2026, rules and where to buy.

2026-10-24

• Added Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest (OR): $5 per tree, 5 per household, rules and where to buy.
• White River: no-cut list now includes administrative areas and the lower slopes of Meadow Mountain behind the Holy Cross Ranger Station near Minturn (Forest Service page updated Oct 23, 2026).

2026-10-23

• Added Ochoco National Forest (OR): rules, household limit and where to buy.
• Arapaho-Roosevelt: price $20 per tree (Recreation.gov listing).
• Fremont-Winema and Malheur: $5 per tree; online sales opened Oct 8, 2026; cutting season Oct 13 (Fremont-Winema) / Oct 10 (Malheur) – Dec 31, 2026.
• Klamath: now shows the 2026 season, $10 per tree, Nov 13 – Dec 31, 2026 (was 2025 info).
• Sawtooth: now shows the 2026 season, $10 per tree, online sales open Nov 13, 2026 (was a 2024 price).
• Manti-La Sal: price $10 per tree; season Oct 10 – Dec 25, 2026.
• Kootenai: $5 per tree; online sales opened Oct 8, 2026; season Oct 8 – Dec 31, 2026.
• Mt. Hood and Gifford Pinchot: online sales open Nov 12, 2026; season Nov 12 – Dec 31, 2026.
• White River: online sales open Nov 12, 2026; season Nov 16 – Dec 31, 2026.
• Uinta-Wasatch-Cache: online sales open Nov 10, 2026; season Nov 10 – Dec 31, 2026.
• Flathead and Siuslaw: online sales opened Oct 8, 2026. Season dates added for Flathead, Siuslaw, Dixie and Kaibab.
• Buy buttons now link straight to each forest's own Recreation.gov listing where one exists.

2026-10-22

• Rewrote every page in plain language with question headings, short bullet points and a big 'Buy your permit' button.
• Added 11 forests in 10 new eastern and midwestern states: Monongahela (WV), Superior and Chippewa (MN), Huron-Manistee, Hiawatha and Ottawa (MI), Chequamegon-Nicolet (WI), Shawnee (IL), White Mountain (NH), Green Mountain (VT) and Mark Twain (MO, no permit needed).
• Added state pages for Ohio and Pennsylvania (no public-land permit; links to choose-and-cut tree farm finders) and Missouri.

2026-10-21

• Site launched with 2026 Christmas tree permit pages for 25 national forests in 8 states.