I just moved up to the PNW. Am trying to find our what are the rules for scavenging wood don't feel like getting fined. Thanks for the help
Whidbey island
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TMonter
Minister of Fire
The rules on public land are generally regional depending on if it's state or national forest lands. For private land you need to ask the landowner for permission first.
Can't help you with the scavenging rules but I envy your location. I was stationed at NAS Whidbey for three years and have traveled back there many times for vacations. I plan on retiring there someday.
My main reason I ask this is because I have found a tree that got cut by the telephone company and its in rounds but no one has picked it up in over month. Am debating if it's OK for me to pick it up its next to a street
D8Chumley
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Creekside
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Likely in a utility right of way. Washington DNR sells firewood cutting permits to certain locations that have been freshly logged but I doubt there's any within a reasonable driving distance of Whidbey Island. They're usually in the foothills of the Olympics or Cascades.
I've driven up Mt. Erie lol. If you like to hike check out the Kettles Trails in Ebey State Park. It's only a 10 minute drive from Oak Harbor. One of the trails will take you up along the bluffs overlooking the Western beaches. There's a Nav Aid at Point Partridge high on a bluff and the view from up there is stunning.
Go by hangar 6 and say hello to VP-40 for me. Also, bayside casino is pretty fun for a little gambling
You should try to find out if there are locations on beaches/shoreline where collecting firewood is okay, also. I worked with a Biologist for a while, and we motor boated around Puget Sound. Looking back, there were lots of big logs on the shorelines. Also, probably some home owners wouldn't mind getting logs cleared off of their beaches.
A motor boat and a chainsaw, hmm..... A stout johnboat with a 20 to 30 horsepower motor and you could tow logs to a beach where you were parked. If a log was floating around it seems like it would be fair game. So on high tide there should be floaters. I would really like to get wood this odd way. Maybe troll a fishing lure while out collecting firewood or stop and do some clamming on low tide. And throw out some crab pots to retrieve on your way home.
A motor boat and a chainsaw, hmm..... A stout johnboat with a 20 to 30 horsepower motor and you could tow logs to a beach where you were parked. If a log was floating around it seems like it would be fair game. So on high tide there should be floaters. I would really like to get wood this odd way. Maybe troll a fishing lure while out collecting firewood or stop and do some clamming on low tide. And throw out some crab pots to retrieve on your way home.
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blacktail
Minister of Fire
Drift wood has salt in it that will corrode your stove and pipe. Not recommended.
Yea I know driftwood is a no go. We'll I picked up some of the down tree but holy cow some of the rounds were close to 100 pounds and it was by myself need to do a couple more trips
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Kevin*
Burning Hunk
My borthers brother in law works near Freeland at a lot which does sand/gravel and some wood and he has offered wood to me but it's too long of a driver for me with ferry costs added. They sell log loads, I don't know how much small stuff they do. PM me and I will send you his contact.
Oregon Bigfoot
Feeling the Heat
I love Whidbey Island! In the 70's, we used to fish off the pier in Coupeville, and there was an old pier at the end of Penn Cove we used to catch ling cod, sea bass, dog sharks, and bullheads off Madrona Way. Last time I was up there 10 years ago, that old pier was gone. Brings back great old memories! I don't know about firewood there though.
Jonathan Corcoran
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It is pretty rough as far as wood cutting permits in Western WA. We are an hour south of you and all of the cutting permits are way up on the peninsula--there may be some down south too. I'd probably pick up the wood, but keep an eye out for the utility crew and ask. Getting to know them will help with future wood foraging
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