{"id":108773,"date":"2015-10-19T03:37:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T09:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/train-to-help-haul-freshly-cut-christmas-trees\/"},"modified":"2015-10-19T03:37:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T09:37:43","slug":"train-to-help-haul-freshly-cut-christmas-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/train-to-help-haul-freshly-cut-christmas-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Train to help haul freshly cut Christmas trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=d4c3ea27-9d7e-4af6-b547-1dffe73d1e93&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=d4c3ea27-9d7e-4af6-b547-1dffe73d1e93&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=d4c3ea27-9d7e-4af6-b547-1dffe73d1e93&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=d4c3ea27-9d7e-4af6-b547-1dffe73d1e93&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1228\" alt=\"A National Forest Service forester tags a white fir he cut as a Christmas tree in 2012 within the Beaver Meadows area east of Bayfield.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A National Forest Service forester tags a white fir he cut as a Christmas tree in 2012 within the Beaver Meadows area east of Bayfield.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Shaun Stanley\/Durango Herald file photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Cutting down your own Christmas tree while reducing the danger of wildfire in the San Juan Mountains? That\u2019s what the Durango &amp; Silverton Narrow Gauge train is offering for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Officials at the San Juan National Forest said the agency deemed an area near Cascade Wye, adjacent to the tracks, as a potential hazard for fire.<\/p>\n<p>So, the agency teamed up with the railroad, which will take passengers to cut down white firs and haul the Christmas trees back to Durango.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve identified an area where we need to thin the understory to help make the forest healthy,\u201d said Ann Bond, of San Juan National Forest.<\/p>\n<p>The train will offer service on Fridays and Saturdays in December. Permits to cut trees cost $8, plus train fares.<\/p>\n<p>One tree can be cut per family, and 20-foot-tall trees is the limit.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Robbins, marketing manager for the railroad, said the Christmas Tree Train hopes to start a tradition for families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe they want to cut down their own Christmas tree, but don\u2019t know how to go about that,\u201d Robbins said. \u201cWe wanted to help folks that want to get that tradition started, and educate them how to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Bond and Robbins said if this year\u2019s Christmas Tree Train is successful, there is the possibility of continuing the program in future years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re hoping to have several years worth of Christmas trees,\u201d Bond said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>reduce risk of wildfire near Cascade Wye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[755,170,13,167],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-108773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-christmas","tag-durango-and-silverton-narrow-gauge-railroad-co","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-local-news-lead"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108773"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=108773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}