This year, cut your own Christmas tree in a California national forest

This year, cut your own Christmas tree in a California national forest

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/28/this-year-cut-your-own-free-christmas-tree-in-a-california-national-forest/

Want to take a gorgeous road trip, help fight forest fires and score a free (or at least dirt-cheap) Christmas tree, to boot? Then pack your gear and set course for a national forest in California, where you have the chance to pick and chop down your very own tree until December’s end or whenever permits run out.

Having the public cut its own trees is a way for these forests to reduce wildfire fuel — 2022 hasn’t been a particularly bad fire season, comparatively, but you never know what next year will bring. Right now, Stanislaus National Forest is offering the service for free (well, excluding a $2.50 service charge) with a max of two trees per household. Permits are available on its website. Eldorado is sold out and Sequoia has nothing to offer due to recent fires, but many other forests are open to choppin’ as well for a $10 permit; see below for a sampling.