Kids can get free permits, trees

COEUR D’ALENE — Calling all fourth graders! 

This year’s Every Kid Outdoors program is underway, and the Idaho Panhandle National Forests wants to make sure eligible fourth graders know that it’s not too late to request their free Every Kid Outdoors public lands pass, or to get a complimentary permit to cut their own Christmas tree on a National Forest this holiday season.

The Every Kid Outdoors program provides fourth-grade students and accompanying family members free entry to federally-managed public lands, water sites, recreation areas and historical sites across the United States. Students are encouraged to sign up early in the school year. Passes can be issued beginning Sept. 1 the year they enter fourth grade and are valid through Aug. 31 the following year.

In addition to free access to thousands of sites managed by federal agencies across the nation, Every Kid Outdoors pass holders are also eligible for a free permit to cut their own Christmas tree on a National Forest.

Info: everykidoutdoors.gov and recreation.gov