If you’re felling a tree that’s more than 18 in. in diameter, go ahead and make your notch cut and begin the felling cut.

How to Know When It’s Time to Cut Down a Tree. A dead or dying tree is most easy to spot during a time of year when it normally would have leaves on it.

Many national forests in California offer a limited number of tree permits for people to cut down their own Christmas trees. The permits run about $10 and come with a set of guidelines to follow ...

4. Make the Face Cut The first cut you make is on the side of the tree where you expect it to fall. Start at waist level and cut at roughly a 70-degree angle into the tree, top to bottom.

Keep in mind, that cut trees are for personal use only and may not be resold. Once the logistics are taken care of, the most important thing is to be careful, slow down, enjoy being in nature with ...

How to get a permit to cut a Christmas tree in a forest. First, you must create an account on Recreation.gov or log in to your existing account. Next, find a local forest through the search ...

A permit is required to cut a tree on public land. They are issued by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the National Forest Service. Permits are for specific areas and range from $5 to $10 ...

There are some restrictions to what trees can be cut down, which vary from forest to forest. In the Lake Tahoe Basin, a tree’s diameter at its base should not exceed six inches.

You can get a Christmas tree for $10 by cutting one down in the Ocala National Forest. But there are some things you need to know.