City leaders wanted to accommodate families who get their trees as part of their Thanksgiving tradition.
Evergreen trees on North Douglas on Nov. 7, 2023. Juneau households can harvest Christmas trees in designated areas from Thanksgiving to Dec. 31. “We’re part of Christmas creep,” Assembly member Alicia Hughes-Skandijs joked at a Lands, Housing and Economic Development Committee meeting on Monday.
“There’s a handful of families that include it as part of their Thanksgiving tradition, so we made that update,” said Dan Bleidorn, the city’s lands and resources manager.wood-cutting map Juneau households can begin harvesting evergreen trees in designated areas starting on Thanksgiving through Dec. 31. One of the areas is on North Douglas near Fish Creek. , Christmas trees must be cut at ground level. Residents can also harvest trees for firewood in the same designated areas. Unlike Christmas trees, those trees need to be dead or down.The U.S.
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