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Outdoors can play enjoyable role in a kid’s Christmas

Aidan Long puts his muscle into bringing home the Monana family's 2011 Christmas tree. (Courtesy photo)
Aidan Long puts his muscle into bringing home the Monana family's 2011 Christmas tree. (Courtesy photo)

FAMILIES -- Aidan Long puts his muscle into bringing home the Monana family's 2011 Christmas tree last weekend.

"No freshly felled fir ever smelled so sweet to me," said his dad, Ben.

A family get-to-gether isn't the only reason to go to a tree farm or buy a Forest Service permit and harvest your own tree, according to five good reasons from The Nature Conservancy.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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