SOUTHERN UTAH – Sealed contract bids will be accepted by the Bureau of Land Management, Cedar City Field Office Forester, up to but no later than 2 p.m. on Aug. 10, for commercial gathering permits. This includes pine nut gathering on BLM administered lands located on Indian Peaks and Mountain Home Ranges.
All bidding submissions will be written sealed bid only. Contractor submissions require a security deposit at no less than the advertised appraisal price and shall be required to participate in bidding. As in previous years, permits are not required for personal use gathering of pine nuts up to 25 pounds per year.
Advertisement, bid prospects, bid forms and maps are available at the Cedar City Field Office, located at 176 East DL Sargent Drive in Cedar City, Utah. Interested parties can also call the office at 435-865-3000. Additional Information on the product, condition of sale and bidding may be obtained before bids are submitted.
I urge fellow citizens to disregard such bureaucratic, oppressive trivialities such as registering with the BLM to gather nuts. I gather nuts whenever I get the urge and I gather as many as I please. It’s none of the BLM’s business how many nuts I gather and whether or not I sell them. This is America.