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Can I cut a Christmas tree in Cascades district?

Cascades Natural Resource District

Yes, with a free permit.

Cutting is allowed on Crown land in this district with a free personal-use permit. Parks, plantations and private land are off limits.

Permit
Free, print and sign
Trees per permit
1 tree (2025 permit)
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Opens the official BC government permit (PDF)

Show me where

Rules from the district's 2025 permit, read November 2. This season's permit may differ, so check yours. General guidance only; the permit is the authority.

What the permit says

Trees
1 per permit
Where
Crown land on power line or forest road rights-of-way (up to 3 m past the ditch or road bank).
Tree height
Under 5 m
Valid
Last season November 1 to December 25
  • Not in plantations or spaced young stands
  • Carry the permit while cutting and driving home

From the district's 2025 permit, read November 2. This season's permit may differ. The conditions on the permit you sign are the ones that count.

Where you can cut

Cascades district doesn't publish a cutting map online. Where you can cut is set out in the conditions on your permit.

Before you go

Will it fit?

The classic mistake is a tree that looked small in the bush. Enter your ceiling height.

Try 8, 8'6", 9 ft or 2.4 m.

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A family crouching together to cut a tree at a u-cut farm

No Crown land near you?

A u-cut farm gives you the same day out, with no permit needed.

Find a u-cut farm near Cascades

Farm listings are run by others and change often. Call the farm before you go.

Towns in Cascades district

MerrittPrinceton

Other districts in Thompson-Okanagan

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