2018

Look for Your Christmas Tree in a State Forest!

Having assessed the experience of previous years, also this year every family in Latvia will have an opportunity to find and cut their Christmas tree in state forests, but only on the condition that is its done in the right place and in the right way.

First you need to make sure that you are in a state forest. It is best to be done using the application LVM GEO Mobile or www.mammadabakarte.lv where the territories managed by LVM are marked dark green. In a state forest, you can choose a tree that grows along a road or by a ditch, on fire-breaks, under power lines or beneath large trees in mature forests. It is forbidden to cut trees in young forest stands, since there trees have been specially planted and tended to grow our future forest.

Be attentive - it is forbidden to cut trees in public nature parks and in specially protected nature territories marked with an oak-tree image on green background. Also, be careful not to accidentally get into forests of other owners. LVM forest borders can be recognised by the yellow marks on the edge of the forest. Also plates with inscription AS "Latvijas valsts meži" (JSC "Latvia's State Forests") on the intersections of fire-breaks show that you are in a state forest.