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 ...

Make a once-in-a-lifetime memory or start a tradition: March your family into the woods and cut down your very own Christmas tree. Michigan’s three national forests will all soon be open for Christmas ...

About 30 million real Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. every year, according to the National Christmas Tree Association, including both pre-cut trees and cut-your-own. For many families, going to ...

COLORADO, USA — Hiking through the forest in search of the perfect Christmas tree is a memorable way spend some time during the holidays in Colorado. Whether it has been a family tradition for ...

The Stanislaus National Forest is now offering permits for people to cut and harvest up to two Christmas trees for $20 each, with tree cutting allowed from Friday, Nov. 29, through Tuesday, Dec. 31.

For $5, New Englanders can cut down their own Christmas trees from two national forests. The White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire and Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont allow people ...

That data covers the seven national forests that are entirely or mostly in Montana: Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Bitterroot, Flathead, Custer Gallatin, Helena-Lewis and Clark, Kootenai and Lolo.

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.

Shopping for a Christmas tree? Eleven national forests across California are issuing permits to people hoping to decorate their homes with evergreens this holiday season. The U.S. Forest Service ...

Deep in the roots of ancient Roman and Egyptian history are tales of evergreens being used for decoration. Since the 1800s, candlelit trees have been a symbol of the holiday season in the U.S., ...

Our mountain town is surrounded by national forest. With such abundance, it’s easy to take trees for granted. They seem to grow without much help from us, yet how much do we know about maintaining a ...

Last Friday, Nancy and I decided to do something different. Instead of going to the Gilford Rotary Christmas tree sale, which we’ve enjoyed for many years, we said let's head ...