{"id":7105,"date":"2026-05-12T12:24:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/?p=7105"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:24:57","slug":"birch-pole-harvesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/birch-pole-harvesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Birch Pole Harvesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Permits are for traditional (non-commercial) use only.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>When you can gather:<\/strong>\u00a0Monday &#8211; Friday 7:00 AM &#8211; 5:00 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Limits:<\/strong> up to 25 birch poles per person<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>GATHERING RULES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Trees must be 5 inches or less in diameter<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Stay at least 50 feet away from lakes, roads, campsites, and maintained trails<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">You must carry your permit and Bois Forte ID<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\">Coordinate with Forestry before gathering to receive your permit (free) and approved location<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Present harvested poles to Forestry staff for verification and recording<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Only 1 permit per person per year<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Maximum 3 permits per project\/activity per year<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Weekend gathering may be available with Forestry approval\u2014call ahead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>QUESTIONS, PERMITS, OR WEEKEND APPROVAL &#8211; CONTACT:<\/strong><br \/>\nCody Swanson<br \/>\nForest Programs Coordinator<br \/>\n218-750-0226<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">REMEMBER!<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Respect the land. Follow guidelines to protect our forests for future generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Permits are for traditional (non-commercial) use only. When you can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-dnr"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7107,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7105\/revisions\/7107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}