Utah Christmas Tree Permits 2026

Maximum height is 15 feet. Cut your tree below the lowest live limb, leaving only 6 inches of stump above the ground surface (not snow level).

Do not cut within 200 feet of riparian areas (streams, lakes, meadows), roads, campgrounds, and administrative sites (including summer home areas & guard stations), or within designated closed areas on the map.

Do not cut on private land, in wilderness areas, designated campgrounds, existing tree plantations, active timber sales, or areas that have been planted with new trees.

This permit is for personal use only - trees cannot be resold or exchanged.

Do not travel off road with your motor vehicle to look for, cut, or transport your Christmas tree. Avoid damaging (rutting) roads during wet periods. Clean up and remove all trash.

Tree Height: 20 feet maximum. Trees up to 10 feet are $10. Trees from 11-20 feet are $20. If you would like a larger tree please contact the Ranger District office where you want to cut your tree ... Stump height: 5 inches maximum

No bristlecone pine may be cut ... Pine Valley Ranger District: Only pinyon pine and juniper trees may be cut ... Cedar City Ranger District: Only white fir, subalpine fir, pinyon pine and juniper trees may be cut

Do not cut trees within 50 feet of streams and 100 feet of open roads and trails

Do not cut on non-Forest Service lands, in wilderness areas, designated campgrounds, or existing tree plantations (identified by evenly spaced, sized trees in a previously burned or timber sale area)

Tree Height: 10 or 20 feet max depending on permit chosen

Blue Spruce may not be cut on the Beaver or Richfield Ranger Districts ... Engelmann Spruce may not be cut on the Richfield Ranger District ... Ponderosa Pine may not be cut except on the Boulder Mountain of the Fremont River Ranger District

Do not cut on private land, in wilderness areas, designated campgrounds, or existing tree plantations. ... Do not cut in active timber sales or areas that have been planted with new trees.

Within the Beaver Ranger District, do not cut in the Merchant Valley Summer Home area or along the visible timbered edge of SR-153 ... Within Fillmore Ranger District, do not cut within Oak Creek Canyon and its side drainages, from the Forest Boundary up are closed to tree cutting. ... Within Freemont River Ranger District, do not cut within the Fishlake Basin Recreation Area, including Johnson Valley, is closed to tree cutting from the Forest Boundary on the West to Zedd's Meadow on the East

Tree Height: 20 feet maximum ... Stump height: 12 inches maximum ... Tree topping is not allowed. Cut the entire tree and leave a stump height of 12 inches or less (measured from the ground).

Do not cut ponderosa pine

Do not cut trees within 100 feet of roads, streams or reservoirs or within 500 feet of a Ranger Station, campground or picnic area.

Christmas tree cutting is prohibited in Straight Canyon on Highway 29 and Huntington Canyon on Highway 31. See attached Christmas tree cutting maps by ranger districts for restriction. Aquire a hard copy map- Print map - scale -fit to page - 8.5"x11"

The permit must be printed and placed in the windshield of your vehicle as you remove your tree(s) from the Forest.

You may only cut a Christmas tree in one of the following four Ranger Districts: Heber-Kamas Ranger District, Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District, the Stansbury Mountains on the Salt Lake District, or the Logan District. Your permit will identify the Ranger District you selected when purchasing your Christmas tree permit.

Tree Height: 20 foot maximum ... Cut Stump Height: 6 inch maximum ... Take the whole tree. Do not remove the top of the tree; cut down the entire tree

In the Heber-Kamas Ranger District, only subalpine fir trees, 20 feet or shorter may be cut. ... On the Salt Lake District, Christmas tree harvesting is only allowed in the Stansbury Mountains. Species are limited to Juniper. ... Limber pine may not be harvested as a Christmas tree. Please see the "map" for identifying limber pines.

Do not cut trees within wilderness areas, timber sales, and areas that have been planted with new trees. ... Do not cut within 200 feet of riparian areas (lakes and streams), campgrounds, picnic areas, administrative sites, summer home areas, or within designated closed areas shown on the tree cutting maps. ... Do not cut within 200 feet of Highway 40

Remember to leave this permit on your dashboard while harvesting and transporting your tree.

Each district determines its own fee structure, number of permits, and species allowed for harvest.

We encourage the public to purchase permits online at the forest products permit website beginning November 17 through December 24.

Stay on designated roads and respect private land.