blacktail
Minister of Fire
The regulations are much tighter here on firewood cutting in the national forests. Pretty much not worth the effort to do legally.
My nearest NF district..."Permits cost $20 for two cords of wood, up to a limit of six cords per person, per household, per year" That's cutting already down wood within 50ft of the roads. Not hard.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/mbs/passes-permits/forestproducts
Well worth the effort.
My first choice is trees from my or my neighbors' properties, then word of mouth through whoever wants wood removed. I scored good wood last year from a friend of my parents' neighbor. Now my uncle wants a bunch of trees taken off his newly purchased property. But I still get a bunch from government permits.