PINEDALE, WY – Bridger-Teton National Forest’s Pinedale Ranger District has generously chopped more than 100 cords of firewood for the publics’ consumption.
The wood is actually the result of the Skyline Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction Project. Crews felled trees in several thinning units along Skyline Drive, Kelly Park, and Sweeny Creek and stacked the slash lin piles. But they left the larger-diameter wood that was cut near roadways out in piles for anyone with a valid firewood permit to collect.
Kelly Park has an estimated 100-150 cords of wood available to the public. The wood has been felled and stacked in piles of random lengths from six feet to full tree lengths. Be aware that the Kelly Park access road is rough and rocky with no pullouts in the steeper sections. High clearance vehicles with four-wheel drive and high clearance trailers are recommended. Forest Service fire crews are still working in the area.
The Forest Service asks to leave the slash piles undisturbed so they may be burned during fall and winter months.
Trees from active timber sales have been decked and are not available for firewood. Timber sale decks will be marked with signs.
A valid firewood permit is required to collect the wood, and logs must be cut to lengths measuring eight feet or less prior to removal.
The Skyline Fuels Reduction project was designed to lower the risk from wildfire to homes and private property by removing hazardous fuel loads in the Wildland Urban Interface. This effort will help moderate fire behavior during a wildfire and increase firefighter and public safety.
Call the Pinedale Ranger District at 307-367-4326 for additional information.
