Carson City, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District, will begin selling Christmas tree cutting permits on Monday, November 14. The permits allow cutting a pinyon pine or juniper tree on designated BLM lands primarily in the Pinenut Mountains between Carson City and Yerington, the Clan Alpine and Desatoya mountains east of Fallon, and the Excelsior Mountains southeast of Hawthorne. Maps and directions are available with permit purchase. The cost per permit/tree is five dollars.
No more than ten permits may be purchased by one individual; the permits are for individual use only. Collection of trees for resale requires a special permit.
The BLM permits for Christmas trees will be sold at the locations listed below. The Reno and Carson City BLM offices accept credit cards, cash, and checks; other locations only accept cash or checks made payable to the BLM.
BLM-Carson City District Office Mon.-Fri. 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
5665 Morgan Mill Rd. 775-885-6000 Carson City, NV 89701
BLM-Nevada State Office-Reno Mon.-Fri., 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1340 Financial Blvd. 775-861-6500
Reno, NV 89520-0006
Galena Creek Visitor Center Fri.-Sun., 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Mt Rose Highway, Reno, NV 775-849-4948 Six miles up Mt Rose Highway from Highway 395/580
Cal Ranch Mon.-Sat., 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
2035 N. Carson St Sun., 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Carson City, NV 89706 775-461-2213
Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce Mon.-Fri., 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
1477 US Highway 395 North Suite A 775-782-8144
Gardnerville, NV 89410 (inside museum building)
Community Action Center-Hawthorne Mon.-Fri., 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
924 5th St. 775-945-2471 Hawthorne, NV 89415
UNR Cooperative Extension Office-Fallon Mon.-Fri., 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
111 Sheckler Road 775-423-5121 Fallon, NV
Middlegate Station 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., daily
42500 U.S. Highway 50 (48 miles east of Fallon) 775-423-7134
Cold Springs Station 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., daily
52500 U.S. Highway 50 (62 miles east of Fallon) 775-423-1233
Tree cutters should be prepared with warm clothing, first aid kit, extra food and water, heavy rope or chain, shovel and tire chains, in the event of bad road conditions or inclement weather. Some cutting areas may be inaccessible after snowfall, so it is advisable to cut trees early in the season.
Free Permits for Fourth Grade Students
For the second year in a row, free Christmas tree permits are available to Nevada fourth graders as part of the U.S. Department of Interior’s “Every Kid in a Park" program. BLM Nevada State Director John Ruhs authorized the free Christmas tree program for fourth graders to continue in Nevada this year.
As part of the Every Kid in a Park initiative, every fourth grader is eligible to receive a pass that allows free access to federal lands and waters across the country for a full year.
The BLM will make available a free Christmas tree permit to every interested fourth grader with a valid 4th Grade Pass or paper voucher, which can be obtained on the website at www.everykidinapark.gov.
The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest will begin selling Christmas tree permits on Monday, November 21.
For more information please contact Coreen Francis, Carson City BLM Forester, at 775-885-6161 or Coreen_Francis@blm.gov.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
