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Show Christmas Tree Permits Sold At Area Merchants ESCALANTE Personal use Christmas tree permits for the Escalante Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest may now be obtained from merchants in Antimony, Cannonville, Boulder and Escalante, as well as at the Interagency Office in Escalante. The cost for each permit will be $5 and the Christmas tree permits can be purchased beginning Nov. 20 and ending Dec. 24. The Antimony Mercantile will be offering permits for sale Monday through Saturday, from 7 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Bryce Valley Builders and Supply in Cannonville will offer permits Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. Canyon Country Gas & Goodies in Escalante will have permits for sale from 6:30 a.m. - 9 p.m., Monday through Friday and on Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. I Hills & Hollows in Boulder will offer permits 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday through Saturday. Additionally, the Escalante Interagency Office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Permits (See TREE PERMITS Page 4A) TREE PERMITS From Front Page purchased from these vendors are valid only for Christmas trees cut on the Escalante Ranger District. People wishing to cut Christmas trees elsewhere on the Dixi'p National Forest will need t'O purchase a permit from their district office responsible for thavt area. ' Permits are offered for salf through commercial vendors iO order to improve customer servici by making permits more easily available to people in outlying areas of the district. Additionally, these merchants will be open on weekends and longer weekdaj hours than the Forest Service. |