Saskatchewan Environment reminds public of regulations for cutting Christmas trees
Residents in Saskatchewan are allowed to cut down their own Christmas trees on Crown land and provincial forests during the holiday season.
No permit is required, although Saskatchewan Environment wants residents to know which trees are fair game to be in a living room throughout December.
Kendell Senger, a forest ecosystem protection technician with the forest service branch, said Christmas tree hunters must ensure they’re not accidentally cutting down on privately owned areas, avoid plantations or re-forested areas, and not cut down trees over four metres tall.
“Another thing we really want to keep in mind is to make sure you’re not cutting down a tall tree just to take the top few metres of a tree, it can be seen as pretty wasteful,” Senger said. “The easiest way to [cut down a Christmas tree] is if the trees are accessible. You don’t want to be hiking through a lot of the area to find that perfect tree. If you’re looking for good areas, you can contact your closest Ministry of Environment office and they can often point you in the direction of good places to go.”
