There's a woman on youtube in Austria who updates her situation daily.
She says individuals can go into woods, public and private, to collect mushrooms or berries - but you can collect NO firewood. Even coming out of the forest with a stick is crime.
All the more reason Germany should import wood pellets made in Maine. Eastport, ME has a system to quickly load pellets on to ships.
That is what I have heard from my contact in Austria.
True this: