Looking for a real Christmas Tree this year?  It's easier - and cheaper - than you think!

Douglas County offers permits for $5.00 that lets the holder cut and remove one Balsam fir or Norway pine up to 8-feet tall from Douglas County Forest land. The permit is good until December 31 of the year purchased.

To obtain your permit, just visit the Douglas County Forestry Department Office in Solon Springs, call them at 715-378-2219, or email your request to the following address:  Douglas County Forestry Department, 9182 East Hughes Avenue, P.O. Box 211, Solon Springs, WI 54873.

There are also some additional items to keep in mind:

  • No rutting of access roads or blocking of roads.
  • No cutting is allowed within 200 feet of any lake, river, stream, county or town road, state highway, or county color tour road.
  • No use of ATV or tractor to get tree out of forest.
  • No cut products from a commercial timber sale may be taken.
  • The permittee will not interfere with any commercial timber harvest that may be in the area.
  • It is further understood by the applicant that they assume all responsibility for their own protection and agree not to hold Douglas County responsible for any accidents or injuries that may happen to themselves or others in their company, and that they will hold Douglas County harmless for any and all suits or claims for damages to personal property which may arise from said removal of tree.

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