How this works
79 national forests list a 2026 Christmas tree permit on Recreation.gov, and 65 Bureau of Land Management offices list one in BLM's permit store. We read both on Nov 12, 2026 and print what they say: the dates, the price, the limit and the rules, each with its source. Sale times are in each place's own time zone. Recreation.gov prints them in Eastern, and we convert. A permit is the agency's to sell, and the rules on it are the agency's. We quote them and link them. We don't sell permits, and nothing here is one.
2 forests have pages on Recreation.gov with no permit type named and no dates on them. We print what the page says and no date. 53 more Forest Service units and 50 BLM field offices don't list a permit in either store. We say "not posted yet" for those, never "no program": some sell at the office and never post one online. Distances are straight lines to a forest's boundary, not to the cutting area and not by road. The forest's own map shows where you can cut. How we read the agencies · Not a permit, not the agency
Christmas tree permit 2026 · National forest · Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia
Jefferson National Forest
Not posted yet. The Jefferson National Forest hasn't put a 2026 permit online. Some offices sell at the counter and never post one; its own site is the place to check.
The forest boundary, not the cutting area. Open the map.
Checked against Recreation.gov's permit catalog, read Nov 12, 2026
What we know
The Jefferson National Forest is on the Forest Service's own list of units, and Recreation.gov's permit catalog doesn't list it for 2026. That's all the record says. It doesn't say there's no program: several offices sell tree permits in person or through a local vendor. Ask the office before you make the drive.
Where to ask
George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, the forest's own site. It lists the offices and their phone numbers. We opened it on Nov 1, 2026.

