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Mississippi Firewood Permits 2026: Prices, Seasons and Rules

Mississippi's six national forests issue firewood permits through their ranger district offices but publish no price or limit online, and the state has no firewood quarantine, only a forestry commission request to keep wood within about 50 miles of where it was cut.

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Office selling permits
national forest and BLM
On the office page
Price per cord
set district by district
Advisory
Bringing wood in
Mississippi Forestry Commission
A distance is set
How far it may travel
50 miles
Office by office

Where to buy a firewood permit in Mississippi

One office in Mississippi sells a personal use firewood permit. Each office posts its own price on its permit page.

The six national forests in Mississippi (Bienville, Chickasawhay, De Soto, Delta, Holly Springs, Homochitto and Tombigbee ranger districts) are administered as one unit under a single supervisor's office and share one permits page. The Mississippi Forestry Commission manages three state forests but publishes no firewood permit for them.

National Forests in Mississippi

Permit on request

USDA Forest Service

Price
On the office page
Cutting season
Sold on request
Where to buy
the appropriate ranger district office
Special use permits for firewood, road access, etc. may be obtained by contacting the appropriate ranger district office for more details and information about how to obtain a permit.
Permits, National Forests in Mississippi, USDA Forest Service, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

Firewood is handled as a special use permit, and the ranger district office is the place to start.

Special use permits for firewood, road access, etc. may be obtained by contacting the appropriate ranger district office for more details and information about how to obtain a permit.
National Forests in Mississippi. Read it at the source

Every forest product permit begins with a call to the local district office rather than an online purchase.

Applying for a Forest Product or Special Use or Authorization Permit: The first step in obtaining permit authorization is to contact the local ranger district office.
National Forests in Mississippi. Read it at the source

A permit is a legal authorization tied to a specific use for a specific period, not an open licence.

A special-use authorization is a legal document such as a permit, term permit, lease, or easement, which allows occupancy, use, rights, or privileges of National Forest System land. The authorization is granted for a specific use of the land for a specific period of time.
National Forests in Mississippi. Read it at the source
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Moving firewood

Can you bring firewood into Mississippi?

Mississippi asks rather than forbids: buy your wood close to the fire you will burn it on. The rule is written by the Mississippi Forestry Commission, and it sits below in its own words.

Advisory

Mississippi has no statewide ban, and asks that firewood travel no more than 50 miles.

Mississippi has no firewood quarantine. The state forestry commission asks people to burn wood cut in their own county, or at most 50 miles from the fire, and points to kiln dried wood when firewood has to travel.

Agency
Mississippi Forestry Commission
How far wood may travel
50 miles
Certified or treated wood
The rule does not turn on a certificate
Pests named
emerald ash borer
Obtain firewood near the location where you will burn it – that means the wood was cut in a nearby forest, in the same county, or at a maximum of 50 miles from where you'll have your fire.
Buy Local, Burn Local: Don't Move Firewood, Mississippi Forestry Commission, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

What the rule says

The state forester's own line sets the 50 mile figure.

When it comes to buying firewood, make sure you buy logs that have been cut in your county. Moving firewood over long distances (more than 50 miles) can increase the risk of introducing new pests that kill trees.
Mississippi Forestry Commission. Read it at the source

Seasoned wood is not treated as safe to haul; kiln dried is the exception the commission names.

Aged or seasoned wood is not considered safe to move, but commercially kiln-dried wood is a good option if you must transport firewood.
Mississippi Forestry Commission. Read it at the source

Wood already moved should be burned soon and completely, and the storage area raked and burned too.

If you have already moved firewood, and you now know you need to dispose of it safely, burn it soon and completely. Make sure to rake the storage area carefully and also burn the debris.
Mississippi Forestry Commission. Read it at the source

After the first emerald ash borer find in the state, the commission repeated the request as one of three steps for residents.

Refrain from moving firewood, which can unintentionally transport the insect.
Mississippi Forestry Commission. Read it at the source

The insect named in the Mississippi rule is emerald ash borer. A beetle covers a few hundred yards in a season on its own wings, and several hundred miles in an afternoon in the bed of a pickup, which is the whole reason the rule exists.

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

Mississippi firewood permit questions

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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 Permits, National Forests in Mississippi, 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.