SALT LAKE CITY — It’s once again time to decorate the Christmas tree. This year, however, artificial trees are quite expensive due to tariffs, and many people appear to be shifting back toward fresh-cut trees.

Fresh-cut trees offer a great experience. Families go together to the tree lot to pick one out. There is always the debate about which one is best. In my experience, mom usually wins, but once one is chosen, the family takes pictures. And the kids cannot wait to get home and decorate it.

We often overlook where our cut trees come from. In Utah, most are imported from Oregon and the Idaho Panhandle. The primary species are firs . These trees dominate the market because they thrive in the cool, moist climate of the Pacific Northwest, shape nicely, grow relatively quickly, and have so

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