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PENDLETON–Personal-use firewood cutting on the Umatilla National Forest will end Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Firewood permits will not be available again until May 2022.

The public is asked to take additional precautions when cutting firewood late in the fall when road and soil conditions become slick, soggy and saturated. Firewood cutters should be prepared for winter weather conditions. Mountain travel will require extreme care to avoid getting stuck in the mud or snow and causing resource damage to the land and vegetation.

Another concern is the misidentification of live or dead western larch.