The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest is offering you a picture-postcard opportunity this Christmas.
The Forest is offering a fresh-cut, personally selected Christmas tree you go out and cut.
Spokesperson Hilary Markin says you can stop at one of their offices and get a permit for $5 and cut your own Christmas tree...
"...We have maps where there are known areas where you can cut a Christmas tree. We have a few stipulations that go with the permit. But for the most part you can go out into the Forest, select a tree, cut it down and take it home...."
Markin says a family with a fourth-grader in the house has a special opportunity...
"...If you have a fourth-grader in your house you're eligible to receive a free Christmas tree permit. You need to go to everykidinapark.gov, fill out the information and you'll get a voucher. Bring it into one of our offices and you'll get a free permit. Students do have to be fourth-graders to be in this program, but it's about promoting the next generation of stewards of our lands. We see that as bing our fourth-graders and we see that as being the Every Kid In A Park program...."
Other forest products available by permit include balsam boughs, firewood, birch bark and more. There are 10 offices within the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest to get more information, or at the Forest official website.
