🌲Permits are available at Payette, Boise, and Sawtooth National Forest stations and partnering vendors.⁠⁣

🌲Vendors will provide maps and details about roads and conditions to safely harvest a tree.⁠⁣

🌲Permits are valid through December 25.⁠⁣

🌲Permits will run you $10 (cash only at the backcountry vendors; though the forest service will take a card).⁠⁣

🌲Have a fourth-grader in your family? everykidinapark.gov has an online voucher that you can print out and bring to your -Forest Service office for a free tree permit.⁠⁣

🌲Bring a saw or other tools of extraction.⁠⁣

🌲Only cut trees under 12 feet tall.⁠⁣

🌲Cut the tree to within six inches of the ground’s surface.⁠⁣

🌲Trees extending four feet beyond your vehicle are required by law to have red or fluorescent orange flagging.⁠⁣

🌲Pack food, water, and an emergency kit.⁠⁣

🌲Wear boots, warm clothes, and be prepared for wet weather.⁠⁣

🌲Most trees can be found a short drive off the highway. If the weather is iffy, consider taking a 4-wheel drive vehicle if you -plan to leave the highway.⁠⁣

🌲Plan to make a day of it.⁠⁣