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Alaska Firewood Permits 2026: Prices, Seasons and Rules

Alaska sells personal use firewood cutting permits through the state Division of Forestry online permit system, through the Chugach and Tongass national forests, and through the BLM Glennallen Field Office, and the state publishes no firewood quarantine of its own.

5
Offices selling permits
3 federal, 2 state
$10
Price per cord
1 priced by the cord
Advisory
Bringing wood in
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
State rule
Where the rule lives
Buy Firewood Where You Burn It, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Office by office

Where to buy a firewood permit in Alaska

5 offices in Alaska sell a personal use firewood permit, 3 of them federal and 2 run by the state. A cord runs $10 depending on which office you buy from.

Alaska State Parks asks campers to bring their own wood and allows only dead and down wood for park fires.

Chugach National Forest

Permit on request

USDA Forest Service

Price
On the office page
Household limit
up to 25 cords of dead wood per year
Wood you may cut
Only dead trees (trees without green needles or dead hardwoods) or windthrown (down) trees may be cut.
Cutting season
Sold on request
Where to buy
in person at the Seward District Office, in person at the Glacier District Office
Personal Use firewood may not be sold or bartered for personal gain. Individuals may cut and remove up to 25 cords of dead wood per year.
Alaska Region, Permits, USDA Forest Service, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

Stumps must be cut low, and lower is preferred.

Stumps are to be no higher than 12 inches above the ground level. Stumps less than 12 inches are preferred.
Chugach National Forest. Read it at the source

Branches and tops must be carried well off the road, not left in the ditch.

No branches or tops are to be left in the roadside ditches along the highways or forest road rights-of-way. All branches and tops should be taken at least 25 feet into the woods.
Chugach National Forest. Read it at the source

Cutting is off limits close to developed recreation sites without a permit.

Within 150 yards of any developed recreation site (campground, trailhead, trail, along campground access roads, or other administrative sites).
Chugach National Forest. Read it at the source

Wood is for the permit holder only and cannot be sold or traded.

Personal Use firewood may not be sold or bartered for personal gain.
Chugach National Forest. Read it at the source

Recently dead spruce can carry bark beetles, so burn it before spring.

If you cut recently dead or windthrown spruce, spruce bark beetles may be present in the bark. If you suspect beetles are present, try to burn all infested wood before the following spring.
Chugach National Forest. Read it at the source

Tongass National Forest

Permit on request

USDA Forest Service

Price
On the office page
Cutting season
Sold on request
Where to buy
in person at a district office
Common activities that will need these include wood cutting, commercial mushroom picking (personal use does not require a permit), and cutting a Christmas tree.
Tongass National Forest, Permits, USDA Forest Service, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

Wood cutting is one of the activities the forest lists as needing a permit.

Common activities that will need these include wood cutting, commercial mushroom picking (personal use does not require a permit), and cutting a Christmas tree.
Tongass National Forest. Read it at the source

Check before you go, because the permit question is settled before the trip, not at the stump.

Before you plan an activity on the Forest, please be sure to check whether or not you need a permit or pass.
Tongass National Forest. Read it at the source

Alaska state land, Division of Forestry and Fire Protection firewood permit

Permit on request

Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection

Price
On the office page
Household limit
Permits are limited to no more than 10 cords of wood per household per year.
Cutting season
Sold on request
Where to buy
DOF Online Firewood Permit System, in person at a DOF area office
Anyone who is interested in cutting firewood on State land must first contact their local Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) office to obtain a permit. Commercial and personal use permits are available.
Firewood on Alaska State Lands, Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

You need a permit before you cut anything on state land.

Anyone who is interested in cutting firewood on State land must first contact their local Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) office to obtain a permit.
Alaska state land, Division of Forestry and Fire Protection firewood permit. Read it at the source

The permit covers state land only, and not federal, trust, private or state recreation area land.

This permit does not allow cutting on private lands, federal lands, trust lands, state recreation areas, or private/commercial timber sales.
Alaska state land, Division of Forestry and Fire Protection firewood permit. Read it at the source

Roadside log piles are usually somebody's timber sale, so leave them alone.

If you see a pile of logs along side a road, please do not remove any of the wood as it may be part of a timber sale.
Alaska state land, Division of Forestry and Fire Protection firewood permit. Read it at the source

Property lines are often unmarked, and cutting without permission is trespass.

Property lines are frequently unmarked and any permission obtained from DOF to gather firewood is only valid on State land. Harvesting firewood without the landowner's permission is trespass.
Alaska state land, Division of Forestry and Fire Protection firewood permit. Read it at the source

The online system covers a set list of areas.

DOF Online Firewood Permit System - Firewood cutting permits are available online on state land for the following areas of the state: Fairbanks, Tok, Glennallen, Haines, Mat-Su, and Kenai.
Alaska state land, Division of Forestry and Fire Protection firewood permit. Read it at the source

Alaska state land, Division of Forestry and Fire Protection firewood permit firewood permit page

Alaska state land outside a forestry area, Fairbanks Area out of area woodcutting permit

Permit on request

Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection

Price
$10/cord
Minimum
3 cord minimum
Household limit
Ten Cord maximum
Cutting season
Sold on request
Where to buy
by application to Fairbanks Area Forestry
Personal Use Wood Permit: ________# of Cords (3-10 cords; $10/cord; 3 cord minimum and Ten Cord maximum)
Request Personal Use Woodcutting Permit Out of Area, Alaska Department of Natural Resources Fairbanks Area Forestry, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

Allow two weeks for the application to be processed.

***Please allow up to 2 weeks processing time***
Alaska state land outside a forestry area, Fairbanks Area out of area woodcutting permit. Read it at the source

A permit runs one year from the day it is issued.

Permit is valid from one year of issuance.
Alaska state land outside a forestry area, Fairbanks Area out of area woodcutting permit. Read it at the source

The wood is for your own use and may not be sold or bartered.

This sale is for personal use only and none of the material is to be sold or bartered.
Alaska state land outside a forestry area, Fairbanks Area out of area woodcutting permit. Read it at the source

The permit does not reach private, federal, trust or state recreation area land.

This permit does not allow cutting on private lands, federal lands, trust lands, state recreation areas, or private/commercial timber sales.
Alaska state land outside a forestry area, Fairbanks Area out of area woodcutting permit. Read it at the source

Alaska state land outside a forestry area, Fairbanks Area out of area woodcutting permit firewood permit page

BLM Glennallen Field Office

2025 season

Bureau of Land Management

Price
On the office page
Household limit
up to 10 cords of firewood
Where to buy
BLM Forest Products Permit website, in person at BLM Glennallen Field Office
Effective immediately through January 31, the BLM is reducing many personal-use permit fees to just $1, including Christmas tree permits and firewood permits.
BLM Alaska launches One Dollar, One Tree holiday savings across local public lands, Bureau of Land Management, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

The household limit was raised to ten cords, with room to adjust where there is plenty of wood.

Increase household limits to up to 10 cords of firewood and up to three Christmas trees, with flexibility to adjust limits in areas with abundant resources.
BLM Glennallen Field Office. Read it at the source

New cutting areas were opened in crowded woodlands, including the Slana area.

Open additional cutting areas in overstocked woodlands, prioritizing communities that will benefit from increased access. These areas include the Slana area within BLM Glennallen Field Office lands.
BLM Glennallen Field Office. Read it at the source

Permits can be bought at the Glennallen office counter.

Currently, permits may be purchased in person at BLM Glennallen Field Office, located at 186 Glenn Hwy, Glennallen, AK 99588.
BLM Glennallen Field Office. Read it at the source

BLM Glennallen Field Office firewood permit page

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Moving firewood

Can you bring firewood into Alaska?

Alaska asks rather than forbids: buy your wood close to the fire you will burn it on. The rule is written by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and it sits below in its own words.

Advisory

Alaska has no statewide ban, and asks that you buy firewood where you burn it.

The advice that applies to firewood in Alaska is the federal one: buy it where you burn it, and use heat treated wood if you must carry it any distance.

Agency
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Buy firewood where you burn it. This is the easiest way to reduce the spread of invasive pests.
Buy Firewood Where You Burn It, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

What the rule says

Buy your wood near the fire ring.

Buy firewood where you burn it. This is the easiest way to reduce the spread of invasive pests.
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Read it at the source

If wood has to travel, it should be heat treated.

Use heat-treated firewood if you must move it. Even short-distance travel can spread pests unless firewood has been properly treated.
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Read it at the source
A slender metallic green beetle about half an inch long resting on pale cracked tree bark
The emerald ash borer, photographed by USDA Plant Protection and Quarantine. It flies only a short way on its own; a load of untreated firewood carries it as far as the truck goes, which is why more states name it in their firewood rules than any other pest. “Plant Protection and Quarantine (34954841290)”, APHIS.gov, Public domain

Alaska firewood permit questions

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Firewood permits in other states

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An open pole woodshed in a spruce clearing, one bay filled with stacked cordwood, a hydraulic log splitter in the foreground
An Alaska woodshed in summer with the winter stacked and the splitter still out. A cord is a stack four feet by four feet by eight feet, and that is the unit nearly every permit is priced in. “Alaska woodshed”, Keith Parker, CC BY-SA 2.0

Compiled September 22, 2026 from Alaska Region, Permits, USDA Forest Service and the other agency pages linked beside each quote above. Prices, seasons and quarantine boundaries change, so the agency’s own page is the one to read before you load a truck. Every state is in the national firewood permit guide.