Firewood Permits allow an individual to take between 3 and 10 cords of wood per year from designated state land for personal use. Personal use firewood is available at a variety of sites throughout the state. The cost of the required permit is $5.00/cord with a three cord minimum purchase.  Permits may be obtained through the Division of Forestry Offices. The permits are valid for one year and are issued for up to 3 separate areas.  Fuelwood species are paper birch, aspen and white or black spruce.  Access may vary from very good to providing your own.  Because of forest road conditions, firewood areas are typically open May till late November. 

Firewood areas are of three types:

1. Green tree firewood areas are generally birch stands, either old birch that has a rotten middle, or young birch stands permanently bent over after the heavy snow fall.
2. Salvage firewood areas are generally trees killed by fire, but can also be beetle killed trees, river flooding killed trees, and trees cut down during a road or powerline Right Of Way clearing.
3. The third type of firewood area is piles of tops and long butts left after a logging operation.

Community Forestry's fact sheet on Purchasing Firewood in Alaska (PDF).