Decorating your home with a Christmas tree full of lights is one of the things that many people care about every Christmas. However, this seems like a very simple thing, but it also makes many people "headache" when having to choose between using "real" and "fake". Although many people believe that using a recycled plastic tree is the best way to protect the environment, usually, using real trees is still very popular because they make the Christmas atmosphere more authentic. And in fact, according to NASA research, using real trees also has a good impact on the environment because all trees help clean the air by absorbing CO2and release oxygen.
“Every pine tree that is found, cut down, and brought home creates a new story,” said Randy Moore, Director of the USDA Forest Service. “These stories become memories and traditions that we want to preserve for generations, connecting families to the forests in their neighborhoods.”
90% of US national forests offer tree cutting permits.
Best of all, as the agency's new release notes, tree removal is actually beneficial to forest growth. "Removing trees in designated areas allows other trees to grow larger, and can open up new pathways for wildlife in their search for food." Experts have determined that in areas dense with pine trees, cutting down trees allows smaller trees to grow and eventually reach the perfect size for a Christmas tree.
What's special is that Americans only have to pay from 5-20 USD (from more than 100-500 thousand VND) for one tree cutting in national forests, much cheaper than the price from a store or a pine tree farm.
National forests currently operating the tree-cutting program include: Mount Hood (Oregon), Olympic (Washington), Sequoia and Tahoe (California), Prescott (Arizona), Black Hills (South Dakota), Shawnee (Illinois), Ocala (Florida), Green Mountain (Vermont), and White Mountain (Maine). Tree-cutting permits will be available onRecreation.gov.
