many people pick commercially without a permit or use permits improperly. Table 1 

 indicates the histoncal issuance of commercial and free-use permits for the Wallowa- 

 Whitman, Umatilla, and Malheur National Forests. 



Areas having had large fires may produce abundant morel mushrooms and attract 

 pickers who are willing to invest in costly permits (fig. 5). The area that burned in the 

 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in the 1988 Tepee Butte Fire was opened in 1989 

 only to people with commercial permits. Three-day permits were $10 and 30-day per- 



Table 1 — Mushroom harvest permits in National Forests of the 

 Blue Mountains 



' Includes 1 area contract. 



