You Must Obtain a Harvest Permit for the Following:
1. Christmas Trees Definition: Any type of tree such as Pine, Spruce, Fir, Hemlock, etc. Amount: More than 5 trees
2. Native Ornamental Trees Definition: Any trees or shrubs, not nursery grown, removed from ground with the roots intact. Amount: More than 5 trees or shrubs
3. Cut or Picked Evergreen Foliage
Definition: Evergreen boughs, huckleberry, salal, fern, Oregon grape, rhododendron, mosses, bear grass, scotch broom. Not cones or seeds. Amount: More than 5 pounds
4. Cedar Products
Definition: Cedar shake boards, shake and shingle bolts, and rounds one to three feet in length. Amount: Any
5. Cedar Salvage
Definition: Cedar chunks, slabs, stumps, logs with greater volume than one cubic foot and:
Definition: Cedar shakes, shingles, fence posts, hop poles, pickets, stakes, rails, or rounds less than one foot in length. Amount: Any
7. Wild Edible Mushrooms
Definition: Edible mushrooms not cultivated or propagated by artificial means.
Amount: Three gallons of single pieces of wild edible mushrooms and more than an aggregate total of 9 gallons of wild edible mushrooms, plus one wild edible mushroom.
8. Cascara Bark
Definition: The bark of the Cascara Tree.
Amount: More than 5 pounds
2. Native Ornamental Trees Definition: Any trees or shrubs, not nursery grown, removed from ground with the roots intact. Amount: More than 5 trees or shrubs
3. Cut or Picked Evergreen Foliage
Definition: Evergreen boughs, huckleberry, salal, fern, Oregon grape, rhododendron, mosses, bear grass, scotch broom. Not cones or seeds. Amount: More than 5 pounds
4. Cedar Products
Definition: Cedar shake boards, shake and shingle bolts, and rounds one to three feet in length. Amount: Any
5. Cedar Salvage
Definition: Cedar chunks, slabs, stumps, logs with greater volume than one cubic foot and:
- Being harvested or transported from areas not associated with logging of timber stands where:
- Application approved by Dept. of Natural Resources, or
- Contract or permit issued by U.S. Government.
- Amount: Any
Definition: Cedar shakes, shingles, fence posts, hop poles, pickets, stakes, rails, or rounds less than one foot in length. Amount: Any
7. Wild Edible Mushrooms
Definition: Edible mushrooms not cultivated or propagated by artificial means.
Amount: Three gallons of single pieces of wild edible mushrooms and more than an aggregate total of 9 gallons of wild edible mushrooms, plus one wild edible mushroom.
8. Cascara Bark
Definition: The bark of the Cascara Tree.
Amount: More than 5 pounds
When You DO NOT Need a Harvest Permit:
1. Nursery grown products.
2. Logs (except "cedar salvage" definition), poles, pilings, or other major forest products from which all limbs and branches have been removed.
3. Cedar Salvage when harvested concurrently with timber stand with approved forest practices application or with issued contract or permit by U.S. Government.
2. Logs (except "cedar salvage" definition), poles, pilings, or other major forest products from which all limbs and branches have been removed.
3. Cedar Salvage when harvested concurrently with timber stand with approved forest practices application or with issued contract or permit by U.S. Government.
How To Obtain a Forest Harvest Permit:
1. Applications may be obtained from DNR for harvesting on their lands. Applications for private lands may be obtained from the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office, in Kelso, WA.
2. Permits must be signed by person hauling the product.
3. Permit must show picture I.D. number of person transporting product.
4. Permit must contain seal from validating agency.
5. FAILURE TO COMPLY (RCW 76.48.130)
Any person who violates shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 and or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed one year or both.
2. Permits must be signed by person hauling the product.
3. Permit must show picture I.D. number of person transporting product.
4. Permit must contain seal from validating agency.
5. FAILURE TO COMPLY (RCW 76.48.130)
Any person who violates shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 and or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed one year or both.
General Questions:
1. Do I need a permit to haul forest products from my own land?
RCW 76.48.030(13) Yes. "Landowner" means, with regard to any real property, under one's control.
2. Do I need a signature and place where I am taking the product?
RCW 76.48.030(13) No. The law requires the signature of landowner where the product is being harvested, not where it is going.
3. Do I need to have the harvesting permit with me?
RCW 76.48.050(9) Yes. Except for the harvesting of Christmas trees, the permit or true copy thereof must be carried by the permittee and available for inspection at all times.
4. Do I need a harvest permit for the market where I am taking the product?
RCW 46.48.120(14) Yes. Buyers who purchase specialized forest products are required to record the permit number, the type of forest product purchased, the permit holder's name, and the amount of forest product purchased.
5. What is meant by "Harvest Site"?
RCW 97.48.030(16) Harvest site can mean as small as one person on your own property or more persons that are engaged in harvesting Specialized Forest Products close enough to each other that communication can be conducted in a normal conversational tone.
RCW 76.48.030(13) Yes. "Landowner" means, with regard to any real property, under one's control.
2. Do I need a signature and place where I am taking the product?
RCW 76.48.030(13) No. The law requires the signature of landowner where the product is being harvested, not where it is going.
3. Do I need to have the harvesting permit with me?
RCW 76.48.050(9) Yes. Except for the harvesting of Christmas trees, the permit or true copy thereof must be carried by the permittee and available for inspection at all times.
4. Do I need a harvest permit for the market where I am taking the product?
RCW 46.48.120(14) Yes. Buyers who purchase specialized forest products are required to record the permit number, the type of forest product purchased, the permit holder's name, and the amount of forest product purchased.
5. What is meant by "Harvest Site"?
RCW 97.48.030(16) Harvest site can mean as small as one person on your own property or more persons that are engaged in harvesting Specialized Forest Products close enough to each other that communication can be conducted in a normal conversational tone.
If you have questions or would like more information regarding Forest Harvest Permits, please contact the Sheriff's Office during normal business hours at (360) 577-3092.
