Win the CO State Park Christmas Tree Cutting Lottery? Tips and Rules for Cutting Down Your Tree Dec.6

Win the CO State Park Christmas Tree Cutting Lottery? Tips and Rules for Cutting Down Your Tree Dec.6 Jack Armstrong

December means Christmas in the west, and with the season comes all the holiday preparations including finding a Christmas tree to have perched in your home. While you can always find a tree in the parking lot of your local grocery or hardware store, there’s one State Park in Colorado where you can cut down your own tree – Golden Gate Canyon State Park, which is just about a 45 minute drive from Boulder proper.

Though all permits are sold out, the park will be open during the tree cutting event, Dec.6.

To talk more about the rules and regulations about cutting down your own Christmas Tree from a Colorado Park, KGNU’s Jack Armstrong is joined by Kara Van Hoose, a spokesperson for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

This story aired on the Morning Magazine, KGNU’s weekday morning show featuring in-depth discussions on local news issues. Click here to listen to other episodes of the Morning Magazine.