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Personal Use Firewood Permit
The permit expires at the end of the calendar year or once all firewood has been removed from within the area, whichever comes first. (NO REFUNDS)
When completing the application, be prepared to provide the year, make, model and license number (if applicable) of all motorized vehicle(s), trailers, and machinery to be utilized in personal use firewood area.
The permit must be in your possession during the removal of firewood from the site and the vehicles used to remove firewood must be listed on the permit.
- A $25 permit is required for each Personal Use Area (PUA).
- In addition to the cost of the permit, the cost for each cord of firewood is $25.00.
- There may only be one permit per location per household per year.
- There is a maximum purchase of 10 cords per household, per calendar year across all permits.
- A maximum of 10 cords may be removed from the Tuxedo Ave area per permit.
- Personal Use only, no selling bartering or trading.
Pay online (Card)
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Go to the payment portal
Navigate to our online (https://ecommerce.matsugov.us/Pages/CD/PersonalUse/AreaList.aspx)
Current Permit Locations
| Personal Use Firewood Area | Tuxedo Ave |
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| Type of Wood | Live marked birch |
| Type of Sale (wood storage area or cutting) | Marked birch, downed trees, and beetle kill spruce |
| Location | The cutting area is off Tuxedo Ave near the Haessler-Norris Trailhead parking area in Willow Alaska. The area is marked with pink timber harvest flagging and signs. Permit holders can cut live birch marked with pink paint, downed trees, and beetle killed spruce (no paint). |
| Equipment Restrictions | ATVs, trucks on the existing trail in dry conditions only |
| Cords Per household | 10 |
| Current Conditions | Open |
| Hours of Operation | Daylight |
| Days of Operation | M-S |
| Dates Open | 1/5/2024-12/31/2024 |
| Special Instructions | Excessive soil rutting when retrieving firewood will result in closure of the harvest area. |
| Only cut birch trees marked with pink paint, or beetle kill spruce. | |
| Permit holder shall not leave trees or tree tops hung up in the Personal Use Firewood Area. Trees that are hung up must be pulled down immediately. | |
| Tree stumps must be cut as low as possible. Stump height must be less than the diameter of the stump |