MENDOCINO Co., 4/4/22 — Permits for a limited amount of free firewood from the Mendocino National Forest are now available from the United State Forest Service (USFS), starting today. The permits can be applied for by mail, or in person, and permittees must follow all required regulations, including only collecting wood that is already dead and on the ground.
Due to the existence of sudden oak death in Mendocino and Lake counties, firewood “can only be transported into other sudden oak death quarantined counties, including Alameda, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Marin, Monterrey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma and Trinity” to prevent further spread of the disease.
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