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
Wyoming Christmas tree permits 16 places have a permit online
8 national forests and 8 BLM offices in Wyoming list a 2026 Christmas tree permit online, and every one sells one today. Of the prices printed here, the lowest is $8, at 2 places. 13 of them publish their own cutting-area maps.
- Medicine Bow-Routt National ForestOn sale nowOct 13 to Dec 31cutting daysOn the permit pageRecreation.gov's records disagree
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestOn sale nowNov 10 to Dec 31cutting daysOn the permit pageRecreation.gov's records disagree
Not posted yet
- Thunder Basin National GrasslandNot posted yet
Good to know in Wyoming
On the Bighorn, a church group went to the Five Springs Campground area east of Lovell, on a narrow, winding road that was icy on the way home.
From Powell Tribune, "Decorate your tree with adventure" (Bighorn NF church trip), read Nov 11, 2026.
Near Centennial on the Medicine Bow, one Wyoming native's 30-year spot is up Sand Lake Road.
From r/FortCollins, "best US Forest Service area to find a Christmas tree?" (2023), read Nov 11, 2026.

