Alaska
How to get your perfect Alaska Christmas tree
PALMER, Alaska (KTUU) – With only one more week until Christmas, there’s still some time left to get your Christmas tree. But if you’re cutting your own tree this year, there are a few things you’ll need to know.
The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) gives a few guidelines:
- Find unrestricted state land by using the DOF website. State parks aren’t allowed.
- One tree per household
- Less than 15 feet tall
- Personal use only, do not sell
- Cut the tree close to the ground, leaving little to no stump
- Cut the whole tree
- Respect private property
- Protect seedlings so they can grow into future Christmas trees
“I would recommend bringing the tree into your garage, letting it sit overnight kind of let the branches warm up a little bit nice and slowly. Let them relax a little bit,” Stephen Nickel with DOF said. “And then make a fresh cut before you put it in the in the stand, before you put the water on.”
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