Christmas Tree Permits Now Available! 2016 South Platte - Buffalo Creek
25 Oct 2016 11:03 #1
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South Platte’s Holiday Tree program will be offering two locations on the district this year to cut your Christmas tree: Buffalo Creek and Camp Fickes.
We are pleased to announce in addition to our traditional Buffalo Creek cutting area, we will be offering limited Holiday tree permits for the Camp Fickes cutting area (see cutting areas map below). On Camp Fickes permits, there is No Camping, No Picnic, and No Trailers within the cutting area. ONLY vehicles equipped with 4-wheel drive capability are allowed in the area.
Mail-in: Tree permits will by available for purchase by mail for the Buffalo Creek and Camp Fickes cutting areas beginning on Tuesday, October 11. See the link below for the downable form. Note: along with the Christmas Tree Permit Order Form for 2016, please include your payment: check or money order. Credit cards will not be accepted for mail-in requests. Purchasers must also include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for each two permits requested; insufficient postage will result in your permit request returned to you. Permit requests must be postmarked by Friday, October 28, to allow time for processing and return mail. We will process mail-in requests in the order received.
Counter sale: Tree permits will be available to purchase, in person, at the South Platte Ranger District office beginning Monday, November 7, at 8:00 am. We accept cash, checks, money orders, and credit cards. The South Platte Ranger District Office is located approximately six miles south of C-470 on Highway 285, 19316 Goddard Ranch Court, Morrison, CO 80465. The office will be open 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday-Friday, except on Friday, November 11, the office will be closed in observation of the Veteran’s Day Holiday. Last day for walk-ins purchase is November 18.
Please note: No on-site permits will be available for purchase, so please make sure you mail your request in with payment postmarked by October 28 or purchase your permit at the district office beginning on November 7. We expect all permits to sell out by mid-November.
This will be the last year for over-the-counter Christmas tree sales. Starting in 2017, we will only be accepting mail-in orders.
The following links are in PDF version. Please visit Adobe website to download free Adobe Acrobat software in order to read the files.
NEW!! Downloadable mail-in form
Cutting tree schedule
Rules & Regulations
Frequently Asked Questions
Buffalo Creek's Do's & Don'ts
Camp Fickes' Do's & Don'ts
Map for the cutting areas
Coming soon: do you have a Camp Fickes permit?
REMINDERS:
Permits are non-refundable and can only be used on the day that they were purchased. If you are unable to cut on the day you purchased, you can cut on any weekday between Monday, November 28, and Thursday, December 1 or Monday, December 5 and Thursday, December 8.
Permits are for personal use only and not for resale.
Permit dates cannot be changed after the permit has been issued.
Cell phones may or may not work in the tree cutting areas.
One of Santa's helpers, Elf Randy, stopped by the ranger station at the South Platte District. Behind him is a decorated Christmas tree cut at the Buffalo Creek area.
ADDRESS:
19316 Goddard Ranch Court
Morrison, CO 80465
Phone: 303-275-5610
Fax: 303-275-5642
Office hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., MT excluding Federal holidays
What's happening on the District?
New information! I just got my Christmas Tree Permit, but I don't know what the color means. Find out here!
SOLD OUT DATES!!! This is for mail-ins only.
Friday, Nov. 25, at Camp Fickes.
Saturday, Nov. 26, at Camp Fickes.
Downloadable order form is now available!
Information on 2016 Christmas tree!
Wood cutting permits are available for sale on specific days of the week. Please call 303-275-5610 before you head out to purchase your wood permit.
The South Platte Ranger District is part of the Pike & San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands. It is located east of the Continental Divide in the central Rocky Mountains and lies adjacent to the Denver Metro area in Park, Jefferson, Douglas, Clear Creek and Teller counties. It is easily accessible from Denver, a population of over 2 million people: results in approximately 2,500,000 visits a year to the South Platte, a number that exceeds the total use on each of the 47 National Forests across the Nation. The South Platte District is 460,000 acres in size with elevations ranging from 5,800 feet in the east, to over 14,000 feet in the north.
We are pleased to announce in addition to our traditional Buffalo Creek cutting area, we will be offering limited Holiday tree permits for the Camp Fickes cutting area (see cutting areas map below). On Camp Fickes permits, there is No Camping, No Picnic, and No Trailers within the cutting area. ONLY vehicles equipped with 4-wheel drive capability are allowed in the area.
Mail-in: Tree permits will by available for purchase by mail for the Buffalo Creek and Camp Fickes cutting areas beginning on Tuesday, October 11. See the link below for the downable form. Note: along with the Christmas Tree Permit Order Form for 2016, please include your payment: check or money order. Credit cards will not be accepted for mail-in requests. Purchasers must also include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for each two permits requested; insufficient postage will result in your permit request returned to you. Permit requests must be postmarked by Friday, October 28, to allow time for processing and return mail. We will process mail-in requests in the order received.
Counter sale: Tree permits will be available to purchase, in person, at the South Platte Ranger District office beginning Monday, November 7, at 8:00 am. We accept cash, checks, money orders, and credit cards. The South Platte Ranger District Office is located approximately six miles south of C-470 on Highway 285, 19316 Goddard Ranch Court, Morrison, CO 80465. The office will be open 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday-Friday, except on Friday, November 11, the office will be closed in observation of the Veteran’s Day Holiday. Last day for walk-ins purchase is November 18.
Please note: No on-site permits will be available for purchase, so please make sure you mail your request in with payment postmarked by October 28 or purchase your permit at the district office beginning on November 7. We expect all permits to sell out by mid-November.
This will be the last year for over-the-counter Christmas tree sales. Starting in 2017, we will only be accepting mail-in orders.
The following links are in PDF version. Please visit Adobe website to download free Adobe Acrobat software in order to read the files.
NEW!! Downloadable mail-in form
Cutting tree schedule
Rules & Regulations
Frequently Asked Questions
Buffalo Creek's Do's & Don'ts
Camp Fickes' Do's & Don'ts
Map for the cutting areas
Coming soon: do you have a Camp Fickes permit?
REMINDERS:
Permits are non-refundable and can only be used on the day that they were purchased. If you are unable to cut on the day you purchased, you can cut on any weekday between Monday, November 28, and Thursday, December 1 or Monday, December 5 and Thursday, December 8.
Permits are for personal use only and not for resale.
Permit dates cannot be changed after the permit has been issued.
Cell phones may or may not work in the tree cutting areas.
One of Santa's helpers, Elf Randy, stopped by the ranger station at the South Platte District. Behind him is a decorated Christmas tree cut at the Buffalo Creek area.
ADDRESS:
19316 Goddard Ranch Court
Morrison, CO 80465
Phone: 303-275-5610
Fax: 303-275-5642
Office hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., MT excluding Federal holidays
What's happening on the District?
New information! I just got my Christmas Tree Permit, but I don't know what the color means. Find out here!
SOLD OUT DATES!!! This is for mail-ins only.
Friday, Nov. 25, at Camp Fickes.
Saturday, Nov. 26, at Camp Fickes.
Downloadable order form is now available!
Information on 2016 Christmas tree!
Wood cutting permits are available for sale on specific days of the week. Please call 303-275-5610 before you head out to purchase your wood permit.
The South Platte Ranger District is part of the Pike & San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands. It is located east of the Continental Divide in the central Rocky Mountains and lies adjacent to the Denver Metro area in Park, Jefferson, Douglas, Clear Creek and Teller counties. It is easily accessible from Denver, a population of over 2 million people: results in approximately 2,500,000 visits a year to the South Platte, a number that exceeds the total use on each of the 47 National Forests across the Nation. The South Platte District is 460,000 acres in size with elevations ranging from 5,800 feet in the east, to over 14,000 feet in the north.
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25 Nov 2016 14:35 #2
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