CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, will begin selling Christmas tree cutting permits on Friday, November 16. The permit 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 10 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
5665 Morgan Mill Rd.
Carson City, NV 89701
Mon.-Fri. 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
775-885-6000
BLM Nevada State Office-Reno
1340 Financial Blvd.
Reno, NV 89520
Mon.-Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
775-861-6500
Galena Creek Visitor Center
Mt Rose Highway, Reno, NV
Six miles up Mt Rose Highway from Highway 395/580
Fri.-Sun. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
775-849-4948
Cal Ranch
2035 N. Carson St. Carson City, NV 89706
Mon.-Sat. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sun. 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
775-461-2213
Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce
1477 US Highway 395 North Suite A
(inside the museum building)
Gardnerville, NV 89410
Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
775-782-8144
Community Action Center-Hawthorne
924 5th St.
Hawthorne, NV 89415
Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
775-945-2471
UNR Cooperative Extension Office-Fallon
111 Sheckler Road
Fallon, NV
Mon.-Fri., 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
775-423-5121
Middlegate Station
42500 U.S. Highway 50
(48 miles east of Fallon)
7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., daily
775-423-7134
Cold Springs Station
52500 U.S. Highway 50 (62 miles east of Fallon)
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., daily
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.
The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest began selling Christmas tree permits on November 1.
For more information, please contact Amanda Amar, Carson City BLM Forest Products Manager, at 775-885-6000 or aamar@blm.gov.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
