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
Utah Christmas tree permits 16 places have a permit online
6 national forests and 10 BLM offices in Utah list a 2026 Christmas tree permit online, and 6 sell one today. Of the prices printed here, the lowest is $10, at 4 places. Sawtooth National Forest opens next: Nov 13, 8 a.m. Mountain. 14 of them publish their own cutting-area maps.
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestOn sale nowNov 10 to Dec 31cutting daysOn the permit pageRecreation.gov's records disagree
Good to know in Utah
When the Wasatch permits run out, Utah families name the Manti-La Sal and the Ashley as the next places to try.
From r/Utah, "Where to cut down Christmas tree near Utah County?" (2023), read Nov 11, 2026.
The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache says limber pine may not be cut.
From Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest on Recreation.gov, read Nov 11, 2026.

