Trees can be cut from the Hiawatha National Forest, Huron-Manistee National Forests and Ottawa National Forest. Permits to cut down your own holiday conifer are $5 each plus a $2.50 processing fee.

Michigan has three national forests totalling more than 3 million acres: Ottawa and Hiawatha National Forests in the U.P., and the Huron-Manistee National Forest in the Lower Peninsula.

In Michigan, permits can be purchased online for the Huron-Manistee National Forests, and for two forests in the Upper Peninsula: the Ottawa National Forest and the Hiawatha National Forest.