SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management recently opened a new area for public wood-cutting in Eagle County.
Wood-cutting permits for live and dead pinyon pine and juniper (cedar) trees are now available for the Sheep Gulch Wood Cutting Area, which is three miles north of Gypsum, Colo.
The pinyon-juniper forest in this area is currently too dense to provide much forage for livestock and wildlife. Opening the forest through wood-cutting in the designated area will allow more grasses, forbs and shrubs to grow.
The cutting season runs until Nov. 30. Permit price varies by species sought: Pinyon pine is $12.50 a cord and juniper (cedar) is $7.50 a cord. There is a $15 minimum purchase per permit.
Maps and permits are available at the Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road in Silt, Colo.
For more information, call (970) 876-9000.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
