Preparedness is key to a successful Gifford Pinchot National Forest Christmas tree hunt

Reporter hits the woods: Emily Fitzgerald defies her family’s criminal forest past to retrieve tree for newsroom 

Posted 12/15/23

A Portland-area kid born and raised, my family’s Christmas trees were always purchased at traditional tree farms or through the local high school band’s tree lot.  

My Christmas …

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