Two people carry a freshly cut fir out of a snowy national forest, a black dog running ahead of them

144 places with a permit online · 110 on sale today144 online · 110 on sale today

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How this works

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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

Read from the agencies Nov 12, 2026

Christmas tree permits near Truckee, Lake Tahoe and Reno 9 places within 100 miles

6 of them sell a permit today. The nearest national forest is the Tahoe National Forest, whose boundary takes in Truckee, and it's on sale today. It publishes its own cutting-area map.

National forests, nearest first

BLM offices, nearest first

Not posted yet

Opening next near Truckee

BLM's Carson City District opens sales Nov 15.

Ranger districts nearest Truckee

All 4 permits the Tahoe National Forest lists on Recreation.gov are for the Truckee, Sierraville, American River and Yuba River Ranger Districts. The Truckee district is the one nearest Truckee.

Tahoe National Forest

Truckee Ranger District, its boundary takes in Truckee. Office in Truckee: (530) 587-3558.

Sierraville Ranger District, about 7 miles. Office in Sierraville: (530) 430-8912.

American River Ranger District, about 10 miles. Office in Foresthill: (530) 492-5631.

Yuba River Ranger District, about 10 miles. Office in Camptonville: (530) 265-4531.

Eldorado National Forest

Georgetown Ranger District, about 20 miles. Office: (530) 333-4312.

Pacific Ranger District, about 20 miles. Placerville or Pacific Ranger District, Camino: (530) 644-2324.

Districts from the Forest Service's ranger district layer, read Nov 11, 2026. Offices from each permit's listing on Recreation.gov, read Nov 12, 2026.

Every distance here is a straight line from the Census Bureau's point for Truckee town (read Nov 11, 2026) to a boundary, not road miles and not to the trees. The forest's own map shows where you can cut.

What locals say

From the forests' own pages

  • The Lake Tahoe Basin has paused its own tree program to give young trees time to grow.

    From Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (updated May 1, 2025), read Nov 11, 2026.