Christmas Tree Permit Information

Holiday Traditions....Finding your perfect Christmas Tree!

Purchase your Christmas Tree permit online at Recreation.gov

Finding the Perfect Tree

The most popular tree species used for Christmas Trees are douglas-fir, white fir, and sometimes, lodgepole and ponderosa pines as well as western juniper.

In general, pines typically grow in lower elevations on the south and west facing slopes, and firs will be found at higher elevations on north and east facing slopes.

How you collect your Christmas Tree can be half the fun... Try cross-country skiing into less accessible areas!
Branches trimmed from your tree may be used as Holiday greens.
Recycle! Check with your county landfill. Most will recycle trees free of charge through the end of January. (Commercial lots excluded. Please no tinsel or flocked trees.)

Guidelines and Restrictions for collecting your Christmas Trees

One permit is required for each Christmas Tree.... Five permits maximum, per household. Permits are $5.00 each.
Cut your Christmas Tree only on National Forest lands.
Select any tree species that is less than 12 feet tall.
Only take a tree that is within 20 feet of another tree.
Cut stumps shorter than 12 inches.
Respect road and area closures.
Motorized travel for the purpose of cutting your tree must comply with restriction found on Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Maps.

Please do not cut trees:
- On private property.
- Within 150 feet of state highways, picnic areas, campgrounds and other developed areas.
- Within 300 feet of streams and bodies of water.
- Within young tree plantations (nursery grown seedlings planted for future forests).
- Within designated Wilderness areas or the Newberry National Volcanic Monument.