Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener’s questions about the natural world. This week's question came from Mo in Epsom, New Hampshire. “It's the middle of December and I ...

Denver resident Katelyn Taylor hoped to make a beloved holiday tradition even more special this year. So she and her family, joined by their friends, hiked through Summit County’s White River National ...

Forget the pennies, aspirin, sugar, tree preservatives, and other concoctions that supposedly prevent those cut Christmas trees from dropping their needles before the Big Day. The Pennsylvania ...

For many, selecting and cutting down a Christmas tree is a cherished tradition. That tradition continues this year. The Pikes Peak Ranger District is now offering tree-cutting permits and has issued ...

Now that Halloween is firmly behind us and Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, people are already getting ready for Christmas by pulling their decorations boxes from the attic and dusting off their ...

About 30 million real Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. every year, according to the National Christmas Tree Association, including both pre-cut trees and cut-your-own. For many families, going to ...

In the 1965 holiday classic “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Lucy tells Charlie to go pick out a “great, big, shiny aluminum” tree for their Christmas play. Charlie, eschewing the over-commercialization ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Already getting ready for the Christmas season? Lucky for you, starting today, October 21, you can buy your permit to cut your own Christmas tree this holiday season. The Idaho ...

Keep the family tradition alive this year -or start a new one by cutting a Christmas tree within the Lassen or Mendocino national forests. Christmas tree cutting permits for Lassen are now on sale ...

MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich. — Are you looking to get a live Christmas Tree this year? If so, there is no better deal than getting a Christmas Tree permit and cutting it down at a National Forest here in ...

With the holiday season just around the corner, many people are deciding how to celebrate and decorate. If you're considering the convenience of an artificial Christmas tree that you can use year ...

About 30 million real Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. every year, according to the National Christmas Tree Association, including both pre-cut trees and cut-your-own. For many families, going to ...