Christmas Tree Permit
vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm
Squampton Permit:
vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_XmasTreePermit.pdf
[img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/FOR_long_Banner.gif" alt="Ministry of Forests and Range" title="Ministry of Forests and Range" width="554" border="0" height="75"] [!--START Program Title--] [table width="100%"] [tbody][tr] [td][h1 style="text-align: center;"][font size="5" color="#000080" face="Arial"]Christmas Tree Permit
(for personal use only)[/font][/h1] [p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="center"] [font size="5" color="#000080" face="Arial"]
in the Squamish Forest District[/font][/p]
[/td] [/tr] [/tbody][/table] [!--END Program Title--] [!--START Optional Anchor Links List--] [table width="100%"] [tbody][tr] [td][!-- START Listed Links --] [div class="topicLink"] [ul][li][a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm#apply"]How can I apply for a permit?[/a][/li][li][a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm#cut"]Where can I cut a tree?[/a][/li][li][a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm#notcut"]Are there areas where I must not cut a tree?[/a][/li][li][a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm#number"]How many trees can I cut?[/a][/li][li][a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm#before"]What should I do before cutting?[/a][/li][li][a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm#after"]What should I do after cutting?[/a][/li][/ul] [/div] [!-- END Listed Links --] [/td] [/tr] [!-- START Space --] [tr] [td][img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="15"][/td] [/tr] [!-- END Space --] [!-- START Double Line --] [tr] [td]
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[font face="Arial"][a name="apply"][/a][/font][span style="font-family: Arial;"]How Can I Apply?[/span][/font][/h2] [p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [span style="font-family: Arial;"]
Your Christmas tree permit may be obtained [a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_XmasTreePermit.pdf"]here[/a] (Adobe format 0.9mg size). Carry your permit with you, as you may be asked to produce it by a law enforcement agent.[/span][font size="2" face="Arial"] [/font][font size="2" face="Arial"]The permit is valid only in the Squamish Forest District and expires December 31, 2008.[/font][/p]
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[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="right"] [a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm#top"] [img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/bTop.gif" alt="Top" title="Top of page" vspace="3" width="40" border="0" height="14" hspace="4"][/a][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][div class="lineDot333"] [img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="15"][/div][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [h2 style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"]
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[span style="font-family: Arial;"]Where Can I Cut a Tree?[/span][/b][/h2] [p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"][span style="font-family: Arial;"]
Christmas tree cutting is confined to [/span][font face="Arial"]beneath the BC Hydro transmission line rights-of-way over Crown land. These rules are outlined in the permit, and we include two suggestions where the rules apply. [/font] [span style="font-family: Arial;"]These areas are marked on the map attached to the permit. [/span][/p] [/font][/font][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="right"] [a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm#top"] [img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/bTop.gif" alt="Top" title="Top of page" vspace="3" width="40" border="0" height="14" hspace="4"][/a][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][div class="lineDot333"] [img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="15"][/div][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [h2 style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font color="#000080"]
[font face="Arial"][a name="notcut"][/a][span style="font-family: Arial;"]Are There Areas Where I Must Not Cut Christmas Trees?[/span][/b][/font][/font][/h2] [p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"][span style="font-family: Arial;"]
Yes, you
cannot cut a Christmas tree from:[/span][/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font face="Arial"]·[span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"] [/span][span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"] Christmas Tree Farms
[/span][span style="font-family: Arial;"] [/span] [span style="font-family: Arial;"]Private Lands[/span][font face="Arial"] [/font][/font][/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font face="Arial"]·[span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"] [/span][span style="font-family: Arial;"]Plantations[/span][font face="Arial"] [/font][/font][/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font face="Arial"]·[span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"] [/span][span style="font-family: Arial;"]Research Areas[/span][font face="Arial"] [/font][/font][/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font face="Arial"]·[span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"] [/span][span style="font-family: Arial;"]Parks[/span][font face="Arial"] [/font][/font][/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font size="3"][font face="Arial"]·[span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"] [/span][span style="font-family: Arial;"]Community Watersheds[/span][font face="Arial"] [/font][/font][/font][/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font size="3"][font size="3"][font face="Arial"]·[span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"] [/span][span style="font-family: Arial;"]Juvenile-Spaced Areas[/span][font face="Arial"] [/font][/font][/font][/font][/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font size="3"][font size="3"][font size="3"][font face="Arial"]·[span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"] [/span][span style="font-family: Arial;"]Any other areas alienated or reserved for a special use[/span][font face="Arial"] [/font] [/font][/font][/font][/font][/p][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="right"] [a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm#top"] [img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/bTop.gif" alt="Top" title="Top of page" vspace="3" width="40" border="0" height="14" hspace="4"][/a][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][div class="lineDot333"] [img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="15"][/div][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [h2 style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"]
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[span style="font-family: Arial;"]How Many Trees Can I Cut?[/span][/b][/h2] [p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"][span style="font-family: Arial;"]
[/span][font face="Arial"]You are allowed to cut and transport
one tree per family for personal use only, [/font]
[span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"]less than 5 metres in height[/span][font face="Arial"]. Cutting Christmas trees free of charge is strictly for personal use.
You are not allowed to sell them. Failure to comply is an unauthorized harvest on Crown land under
Section 52(1)(a) of the [/font] [font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"] [a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/tasb/legsregs/frpa/frpa/frpatoc.htm" style="text-decoration: none; font-style: italic;"] [font color="#000000"]Forest and Range Practices Act. [/font][/a][/font][font face="Arial"]Unauthorized cutting may be further subject to prosecution.[/font][/p] [/font] [/font] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="right"] [a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm#top"] [img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/bTop.gif" alt="Top" title="Top of page" vspace="3" width="40" border="0" height="14" hspace="4"][/a][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][div class="lineDot333"] [img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="15"][/div][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [h2 style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font color="#000080"]
[font face="Arial"][a name="before"][/a][span style="font-family: Arial;"]What Should I do Before Cutting a Tree?[/span][/b][/h2] [/font][/font][p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [span style="font-family: Arial;"]M [/span][span style="font-family: Arial;"] Make sure you have chosen the best tree and the size you want.[/span][font face="Arial"] [span style="font-family: Arial;"] Try to leave the bottom one or two branches on the stump of the tree, so that it will grow into another Christmas tree for future cutting.[/span][span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"] [/span][span style="font-family: Arial;"]Do not cut a big tree only to use the top portion.
This may be a waste of a future tree
and the portion left on the area will create a fire hazard.[/span][font face="Arial"] [/font][/font][/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font size="2" face="Arial"] [/font][/p][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="right"] [a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm#top"] [img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/bTop.gif" alt="Top" title="Top of page" vspace="3" width="40" border="0" height="14" hspace="4"][/a][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][div class="lineDot333"] [img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="15"][/div][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [h2 style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font color="#000080"]
[font face="Arial"][a name="after"][/a][span style="font-family: Arial;"]What Should I do After Cutting a Tree?[/span][/b][/font][/font][/h2] [p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [span style="font-family: Arial;"]
Leave the area as clean as possible.[/span][font face="Arial"] [/font][/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font face="Arial"]·[span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"] [/span][span style="font-family: Arial;"]Do not leave lower boles and branches of cut trees alongside roads or in the ditches. [/span][font face="Arial"] [/font][/font][/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font face="Arial"]·[span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"] [/span][span style="font-family: Arial;"]Do not transport your tree outside the province.[/span][font face="Arial"] [/font][/font][/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [span style="font-family: Arial;"]Careful cutting of your Christmas tree without unnecessary waste will ensure continuous crops of Christmas trees for future generations.[/span][/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"] [font size="2" face="Arial"] [/font][/p][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="right"] [a href="vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/Xmas/DSQ_Xmas_tree.htm#top"] [img]vny!://www.for.gov.bc.ca/images/portal/bTop.gif" alt="Top" title="Top of page" vspace="3" width="40" border="0" height="14" hspace="4"][/a][/td][/tr][/tbody][/table]
