Does your family celebrate Christmas with a decked-out, real, live Christmas tree? Did you know that you can head into your local national forest to cut down your own wild Christmas tree for just $5?

“If you’re tight on a budget, come out here and get your Christmas tree,” said one Ocala National Forest worker Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

When it comes to finding the perfect Christmas tree, William Lyon has it down to a science. Every year, Lyon downloads official maps of U.S. Forest Service roads — Apple and Google maps never have ...

Setting up a family Christmas tree is a time-honored post-Thanksgiving tradition for many Coloradans. While fake trees are easy to find at most department stores, it’s still possible — and oftentimes, ...

December 5, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Normally, it's illegal to chop down a tree in a national forest. This month, however, the U.S. Department of ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. RUTLAND — U.S. Forest Service officials in Vermont are welcoming the public to select and cut a Christmas tree in the Green Mountain National Forest ...

The family of Benjamin Cossel, public affairs officer for the Stanislaus National Forest, cut its own Christmas tree off Highway 4 in a previous year. Permits for 2025 were announced in mid-November.

SAVOY — Forester Kevin Podowka walked backward on a logging road as he led about 20 people through a small part of a 100-acre section of Savoy Mountain State Forest that is slated for cutting. Even as ...

You can cut down your own Christmas tree in Florida's Ocala National Forest. A $10 permit is required for each tree and can be purchased online. Tree cutting is only allowed in two specific, ...