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Show CHRISTMAS TREE CUTTERS BUSY Maybe Santa's sleigh bells won't be heard for a while yet but Christmas tree cutters' saws are humming. R. D. Nielson, Bureau of Land Management State Director Di-rector for Utah, issued a reminder re-minder that any person cutting a Christmas tree from public lands must have a permit. This is true for persons cutting trees for commercial purposes and for individuals who wish to cut their own Christmas trees for use in their homes. State law provides that any tree cut whether from private or federal lands must have an authorized tag attached to it. Such tags for trees cut on lands administered by BLM are issued at the time the individual in-dividual obtains his permit from a BLM office. In 1963 approximately 5,000 Christmas trees were cut from BLM administered lands in Utah, Mr. Nielson said. Permits Per-mits are issued from the Fillmore Fill-more and Cedar City office. Individuals have the responsibility respon-sibility to make certain of the ownership status of the land on which they desire to cut their trees, Mr. Nielson pointed point-ed out. If a person has a permit per-mit to cut a tree on BLM administered ad-ministered land, he must be certain he is not cutting on private property, or vice versa. At the time permits are issued, is-sued, BLM district office personnel per-sonnel can assist persons in determining areas where trees should be cut. Commercial cutters pay a certain amount for each tree cut, with the price varying according ac-cording to location of the tree and the species. It is illegal for a person to sell any tree acquired under a free use permit. Anyone illegally il-legally cutting trees is subject to both civil and criminal prosecution, Mr. Nielson said. |
