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Wyoming Firewood Permits 2026: Prices, Seasons and Rules

Every national forest in Wyoming sells a cheap personal use firewood permit, priced from five to seven dollars a cord with a minimum purchase, and the state sets no firewood quarantine, only a request that people stop moving wood ahead of the emerald ash borer.

7
Offices selling permits
6 federal, 1 state
$5 to $7
Price per cord
4 priced by the cord
Advisory
Bringing wood in
Wyoming State Forestry Division
1
Pest named
emerald ash borer
Office by office

Where to buy a firewood permit in Wyoming

7 offices in Wyoming sell a personal use firewood permit, 6 of them federal and 1 run by the state. A cord runs $5 to $7 depending on which office you buy from.

In Wyoming state parks you may pick up dead wood off the ground and burn it where you are camped, and dead standing timber can be cut and taken home only with the superintendent's written permission: the parks rules say the collection and possession of dead wood found on the ground for use as fuel in campgrounds or picnic areas is permitted except as posted by appropriate signs.

Bridger-Teton National Forest

Permit on request

USDA Forest Service

Price
$7 per cord
Minimum
a minimum charge of $35 per permit
Household limit
10 cords per year, per household
Cutting season
Sold on request
Where to buy
in person at the Kemmerer, Big Piney, Greys River, Jackson, Blackrock and Pinedale Ranger District offices, by mail from the Kemmerer Ranger District
The firewood program requires that firewood be charged for at the rate of $7.00 per cord, with a minimum charge of $35.00 per permit.
Permits, Bridger-Teton National Forest, USDA Forest Service, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

The household cap exists so the wood lasts.

In order to ensure that there will be enough firewood accessible to people for their personal use in the future, each family is limited to 10 cords per year, per household.
Bridger-Teton National Forest. Read it at the source

Some areas give wood away, but you have to ask the district which ones.

However, free wood may be available in some areas. Check with your local District Office for location of these areas.
Bridger-Teton National Forest. Read it at the source

A pickup, winch, chainsaw or ATV is assumed; anything heavier needs written permission.

Permittees wishing to use tractors, horses, cable systems or other than a pickup truck, winch, chainsaw or ATV must check with their local District Office and obtain written permission and attach to the permit. Motorized travel on the Forest is restricted to designated routes.
Bridger-Teton National Forest. Read it at the source

Burning wood at your campsite on the forest needs no permit.

No Firewood Permit is needed for visitors camping on the Bridger-Teton National Forest
Bridger-Teton National Forest. Read it at the source

The permit is what lets the wood leave the forest.

Firewood permits are required for wood that leaves the National Forest
Bridger-Teton National Forest. Read it at the source

Shoshone National Forest

Permit on request

USDA Forest Service

Price
On the office page
Wood you may cut
dead and down material
Cutting season
Sold on request
Where to buy
Wind River Ranger District, Wapiti Ranger District, online
Firewood permits may be purchased at the Wind River and Wapiti Ranger Districts or online (a brand new offering!) .
Permits, Shoshone National Forest, USDA Forest Service, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

Dead and down anywhere on the forest unless the permit says otherwise.

With a firewood permit, you may cut dead and down material Forest-wide except as noted on the permit.
Shoshone National Forest. Read it at the source

Pieces have to be short enough that nobody is hauling saw logs out.

Material must be hauled in lengths less than 8 feet.
Shoshone National Forest. Read it at the source

The rest of the terms come printed on the permit itself.

Other regulations for cutting and removing firewood are stated on the permit.
Shoshone National Forest. Read it at the source

Bighorn National Forest

Permit on request

USDA Forest Service

Price
$6 per cord
Minimum
Minimum purchase 4 cords
Household limit
Maximum purchase 12 cords per calendar year
Wood you may cut
dead and down material
Cutting season
Sold on request
Where to buy
in person at the Buffalo and Sheridan offices, online
With a firewood permit, you may cut dead and down material Forest-wide except as noted on the permit.
Forest Products Industry (non Timber), Bighorn National Forest, USDA Forest Service, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

The price and the cord bracket are set out plainly.

Cost $6.00 per cord
Bighorn National Forest. Read it at the source

Pieces have to be under eight feet.

Material must be hauled in lengths less than eight feet.
Bighorn National Forest. Read it at the source

An online permit only counts once you have printed it and taken it with you.

For the permit to be valid, you must print and have it with you while harvesting firewood.
Bighorn National Forest. Read it at the source

The permit carries its own terms and conditions.

Other terms and conditions for cutting and removing firewood are stated on the permit.
Bighorn National Forest. Read it at the source

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland

Permit on request

USDA Forest Service

Price
$5 per cord
Minimum
a minimum of 4 cords, or a minimum $20 purchase
Household limit
10 cords are allowed, per year, per permittee
Wood you may cut
unmarked standing dead or down trees
Cutting season
Sold on request
Where to buy
online, in person at the ranger district offices
Firewood permits are purchased with a minimum of 4 cords, $5 per cord, or a minimum $20 purchase and 10 cords are allowed, per year, per permittee.
Forest Products Industry (non Timber), Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland, USDA Forest Service, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

Cut only unmarked dead wood, and an evergreen counts as dead only when every needle has gone.

Cut only unmarked standing dead or down trees. For an evergreen tree to be considered dead, ALL needles must be red, brown or absent.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland. Read it at the source

Leave standing dead trees that wildlife is clearly using.

Do not cut standing dead trees that have bird cavities, nests, broken top, trunk holes or any signs of wildlife.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland. Read it at the source

You may drive a set distance off an open road to gather, and no further.

Motorized travel up to 300 feet from the centerline of open Forest Service Roads, as identified on the current Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) , is permitted to gather firewood, but remember do not damage the vegetation.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland. Read it at the source

Hand tools and a saw only, nothing that yards or loads for you.

No mechanical equipment is allowed to cut, yard or load firewood and that includes, but is not limited to, yarders, skidders, winches, dozers, ATVs and UTVs.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland. Read it at the source

Carry the permit and punch every load tag with the day you hauled.

The permit must be in the permittee's possession while harvesting and transporting firewood. All load tags must have the month and day the firewood is being removed punched and displayed at all times.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland. Read it at the source

Black Hills National Forest

Permit on request

USDA Forest Service

Price
$5 per cord
Minimum
a minimum purchase of 4 cords/16 tickets (minimum $20)
Household limit
up to $100 (20 cords)
Wood you may cut
downed trees Forest-wide, standing dead only in dispersed camping areas and near open roads
Cutting season
Dec 31
Where to buy
in person at a local Forest Service office
Personal-use firewood permits cost $5 per cord, with a minimum purchase of 4 cords/16 tickets (minimum $20).
Firewood Permit, Black Hills National Forest, USDA Forest Service, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

The named permit holder has to be there, and a load ticket goes on every quarter cord.

Make sure to have your signed permit and load tickets with you when you cut and haul your wood. The person, whose name is listed on the permit, has to be present while cutting and hauling the firewood. A load ticket is required to be marked correctly and attached to the wood for every 1/4 cord of wood being transported.
Black Hills National Forest. Read it at the source

Down wood is forest wide; standing dead is only near open roads and in dispersed camping areas.

Cutting of standing dead trees is permitted in areas designated as dispersed camping areas and within *100 feet of all open Forest Service roads, as shown on the MVUM.
Black Hills National Forest. Read it at the source

Closed areas include timber sale areas, campgrounds and the designated wilderness.

Downed trees may not be cut in any area signed closed to firewood, administrative sites, in timber sales areas (marked with signs or painted trees), on private property, in campgrounds or recreation areas.
Black Hills National Forest. Read it at the source

The permit dies at the end of the calendar year it was issued in.

Permits are valid through Dec. 31st of the year they are issued in.
Black Hills National Forest. Read it at the source

Pieces have to be under eight feet.

Firewood removed under this permit must be less than 8 feet in length.
Black Hills National Forest. Read it at the source

BLM Wyoming field offices

Permit on request

Bureau of Land Management

Price
On the office page
Cutting season
Sold on request
Where to buy
your local BLM Wyoming field office, online
The BLM Wyoming forestry program is responsible for the permitting and sale of all vegetative products on BLM lands. Although firewood and Christmas trees account for most of the permits, the BLM sells many other forest products to the public.
Forest Product Permits, Bureau of Land Management, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

There is a statewide floor price, but each office may charge more than it.

BLM Wyoming has a “Minimum Price List” for Special Forest Products (SFP). These are the minimum prices established for the BLM SFPs. However, each office has different economic conditions, so the prices charged by the field offices may vary.
BLM Wyoming field offices. Read it at the source

A road maintenance charge can be added on top of the permit price.

There is also a road maintenance fee that may be added to the price of the permit. These charges are collected to maintain and improve local access to forest product areas.
BLM Wyoming field offices. Read it at the source

Every Wyoming field office sells them, and some sell for neighbouring ground too.

Each BLM field office in Wyoming sells permits for vegetative products. Some of the offices also sell permits for adjacent areas. Check with your local BLM Wyoming office for more information.
BLM Wyoming field offices. Read it at the source

Wood burned at your campsite on public land needs no permit.

Visitors to the forest can harvest special forest products in reasonable amounts for personal use without a permit, such as collecting firewood for use at a campsite
BLM Wyoming field offices. Read it at the source

BLM Wyoming field offices firewood permit page

State trust lands

Permit on request

Wyoming State Forestry Division

Price
On the office page
Cutting season
Sold on request
Where to buy
your nearest state forestry district office
Removal of forest products, including firewood and Christmas trees, is only allowed with a valid contract or permit.
Forest Management, Wyoming State Forestry Division, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

Rules on this permit

Firewood off state trust land needs a permit or a contract, arranged through a district office.

Removal of forest products, including firewood and Christmas trees, is only allowed with a valid contract or permit. Please contact your nearest WSFD district office.
State trust lands. Read it at the source

Most of these parcels are small and scattered, so getting to one can mean crossing someone's ranch.

Most of the forested state lands are on scattered parcels that are 640 acres or smaller.
State trust lands. Read it at the source

Reaching a parcel across private ground needs the landowner's permission.

Accessing state lands across private lands requires permission from the private landowner.
State trust lands. Read it at the source

You cannot camp or light a fire while you are out there.

Camping and fires are not allowed under Board of Land Commissioners rules.
State trust lands. Read it at the source
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Moving firewood

Can you bring firewood into Wyoming?

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

Advisory

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

Wyoming has no firewood quarantine. The state forestry division asks people not to haul firewood, because the emerald ash borer has not reached Wyoming yet and moving wood is how it would arrive.

Agency
Wyoming State Forestry Division
Certified or treated wood
The rule does not turn on a certificate
Pests named
emerald ash borer
By not transporting firewood, we can substantially delay EAB's arrival in Wyoming.
Forest Health, Wyoming State Forestry Division, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source

What the rule says

The borer is not here yet, and the state has a plan for the day it is.

EAB has not yet been detected in Wyoming and there is a state EAB response plan in place.
Wyoming State Forestry Division. Read it at the source

The nearest known infestation is over the Colorado line, and Wyoming towns are full of planted ash.

Satellite infestations of EAB include Boulder County, Colorado. Ash trees are native to parts of eastern Wyoming, but considering the widespread urban planting of ash trees, EAB has the potential to impact most Wyoming communities eventually.
Wyoming State Forestry Division. Read it at the source

The beetles that have actually chewed through Wyoming so far are native ones.

Mountain pine beetle and Spruce beetle are two of the most important insect pests in Wyoming's forests. Since the early 1990s, these native beetles have caused tree mortality over millions of acres of federal, state, and private forests in Wyoming.
Wyoming State Forestry Division. Read it at the source

The insect named in the Wyoming 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
When to cut

Firewood cutting season in Wyoming

Each office sets its own window, and most of them close it when fire danger rises or the roads soften. The dates that office has posted:

  • Black Hills National ForestDec 31

Offices close their gates for weather and fire restrictions inside these windows, so the office’s own page is the one to check the week you go.

Nearby

What a cord costs in the states next door

A permit is only good on the land the office manages, so a cheaper cord across the line still has to obey whatever Wyoming says about firewood arriving. The nearest states posting a price by the cord:

  1. Colorado$2 to $5
  2. Idaho$5 to $6.25
  3. Montana$5 to $10
  4. Nebraska$5
  5. South Dakota$5
  6. Utah$5 to $6.25

Wyoming 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 Permits, Bridger-Teton National Forest, 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.