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Show CHRISTMAS TREES AVAILABLE ON BLM LAND AGAIN Going into the hills of Utah and cutting the family Christmas Christ-mas tree was an outing accommodated accom-modated by the Bureau of Land Management for nearly 2,500 Utahns last year. Because of the popularity of the activity, BLM again this year will provide similiar opportunities. Robert D. Nielson, BLM state director for Utah, said employees employ-ees will be stationed at half a dozen sites in the state on special spe-cial weekends in December to issue free permits for cutting pinon trees from BLM-admin-istered lands. He emphasized however that the clesest area to Salt Lake City will be more than 60 miles away and that other kinds or trees will not be available at these sites. In most cases it is cheaper and easier for a person to buy a tree from a commercial Christmas tree lot, but many families want the experience their forefathers had in selecting select-ing and cutting their own trees. BLM issues free permits, one tree per family, for personal use, Mr. Nielson explained. Persons Per-sons wanting to cut trees for resale re-sale must make special arrangements arrange-ments with BLM district offices to buy trees. Access to Christmas tree cutting cut-ting areas on BLM-administered lands usually is over unimproved unim-proved roads and may be difficult, diffi-cult, particularly after storms. Therefore, use of pickup or 4-wheel drive vehicles is advised. ad-vised. Plans for issuance of free Christmas trees were announced by BLM's eight district offices in Utah and those people interested inter-ested may contact them at the following addresses: Cedar City, 154 North Main Street; Fillmore, Fill-more, 10 East 5th North; Kanab, 320 North 1st East; Monticello, 284 South 1st West; Price, 900 North 7th East; Richfield, 850 North Main Street; Salt Lake, 1750 South Redwood Road; Vernal, Ver-nal, 91 West Main Street. |