Christmas tree permits go on sale

Christmas tree permits are now available from the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. Tags are $5 each, and a family may purchase up to three tags. The permits are good for Forest Service and BLM lands in North Idaho and western Montana. Members of the public can purchase the permits on weekdays at any Forest Service or BLM office, including the Idaho Panhandle National Forests headquarters in Coeur d’Alene at 3815 Schreiber Way. The Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District’s Fernan office will be open from 9 a.m. to noon on two Saturdays – Dec. 6 and Dec. 13 – to sell Christmas tree permits. The address is 2502 East Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene.