Pay your wood-cutting stumpage fee or get a refund

You must pay a fee to harvest firewood or timber from public land. This fee is known as stumpage.

We calculate and set stumpage fees when we issue you a cutting permit. There's a per-cubic-metre cost for the timber you harvested.

How your stumpage is calculated

We calculate the stumpage rate based on the sum of fees for:

• timber;
• reforestation;
• development; and
• road-use.

Timber fee

The current fee is $1 per cubic metre of green or dead timber.

Reforestation fee

• Timber resource licence: $5 per cubic metre
• Fuelwood licence: no charge
• Forest resources permit: no charge

Development fee

The development fee is $0.75 per cubic metre. It includes costs for:

• planning;
• surveying;
• layout; and
• engineering.

Road-use fee

We calculate the road-use fee by adding up the costs of:

• the approved construction;
• expected maintenance; and
• expected decommissioning.

We divide this total by the volume of timber accessible by the forest resources road.

We'll provide you with a cost per cubic metre of timber you harvest.

How to pay

You can pay by cash, cheque, debit card or credit card.

Where to pay your stumpage fees

• Online: use the government's online payment service to pay your fee.
• In person: visit your local Compliance, Monitoring and Inspections office.
• Mail:
  Government of Yukon
  Forest Management Branch (K-918)
  Box 2703
  Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6

Ask for a refund

You can request a refund of:

• a security deposit when your harvesting is complete; and
• stumpage fee(s) if you do not cut the volume of timber you paid for.

1. Download and complete the refund request form.
2. Submit the completed form.
3. In person: visit your local Compliance Monitoring and Inspections office.
   Email: forestry@yukon.ca
   Mail:
   Government of Yukon
   Forest Management Branch (K-918)
   Box 2703
   Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6