Overview
- Effective today, the Bureau of Land Management reduced Christmas tree and firewood permit fees to $1 per tree or cord, with broader fee waivers or reductions running through Jan. 31.
- New cutting areas are opening in overstocked woodlands, prioritizing locations near communities, military bases, tribal areas, and rural counties.
- Household collection limits are increasing to up to 10 cords of firewood and three Christmas trees, with flexibility to remove caps where resources are abundant.
- Interior cites typical market prices to estimate at least $388 in per-family savings and projects a minimum of $9.4 million in seasonal savings.
- The department frames the effort as hazardous-fuel reduction across high-risk forests, and state offices will issue site updates and coordinate local outreach.