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Get a Government Permit to Cut Your Own Christmas Tree at a National Forest

As any aspiring lumberjack knows, most of the time it’s illegal to wander into a national forest to chop down a tree. This month, however, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is all for it—provided you get yourself a Forest Service-issued permit first. Cutting your own tree on federal land isn’t just legal—it’s actually a pretty affordable and ethical way to…