Cut down a Christmas tree in the forest for the new year. Forestries of the Leningrad region: where to cut down a Christmas tree. What threatens for illegal logging

Christmas tree permit in Arkhangelsk

I want to briefly tell you where and how to get permission to harvest a Christmas tree in Arkhangelsk. More precisely, to conclude a contract of sale.

The first thing to do is to go to the forestry. The forestry is located at Serafimovich 13.

There you will take the details for paying the cost of the Christmas tree. I decided to cut down the Christmas tree to two meters. For such a Christmas tree, you will need to pay 26 rubles 60 kopecks according to the receipt. More than two meters did not ask how much it costs - sorry.

Together with the details, an application form is issued there. They decorate only one Christmas tree per person with a passport.

After paying the receipt with her, we return to the forestry. They make a contract with you. At the same time, they ask the day and place where you plan to cut down the Christmas tree. It is allowed to do this in certain places.

Personally, I chose the best place for myself - this is along the M8 highway in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe Ilas river. Not far from the traffic police post (Dorozhnikov).

There is a power line there. On it and chopped. It took me about two hours to arrange everything and the trip.

Please don't criticize the storytelling style. I just decided to help those in need.

Historians have not been able to give a definite answer. Some tell a heartfelt and romantic story about how Martin Luther, a German Protestant reformer, once wandered through the streets of his city in winter and admired the view of Christmas trees, powdered with freshly fallen snowflakes, in the moonlight. I could not calmly pass by such beauty and, having plucked a twig, I came home and decorated it with candles and stars, which, in fact, became a tradition. True or not, it is up to everyone to decide in their own way, but this story is not one and there are many assumptions about where exactly this wonderful tradition originated. In some countries, this is a symbol of Christmas, while in our country the Christmas tree symbolizes the beginning of the New Year.

Problems with tradition

With the advent of the tradition of decorating the New Year's symbol with toys and garlands, the problem of mass cutting down Christmas trees throughout Russia and beyond also came. It is important that people understand that in order for the Christmas tree to grow and get stronger, at least for a couple of meters, it will take from 10 to 15 years. Is it worth cutting down a tree to decorate a house for a couple of weeks or even a month, when it can provide more irreplaceable benefits? environment, this needs to be well thought out. There are special farms that grow Christmas trees for sale before the holidays.

But not everyone is looking for easy ways, many want to get their own reward and go into the forest, cut down a tree with their own hands, the purpose of which is completely different from that glowing in the house.

Forest protection

A month before the start of the holidays, enhanced protection of the forest begins. Patrols are usually carried out by foresters and forestry workers, and everyone who is not indifferent to this problem also comes to the rescue. Breaking into small groups of 2-3 people, the guards take handcuffs and lanterns with them. To conduct such raids, photo traps will also be used, which will be installed in clearings with a large number of planted Christmas trees. With this device, the numbers of cars will be tracked to prove a violation. Snowmobiles and ATVs will also be involved.

Security is carried out around the clock and not in vain, already in the first days of December, the first violators were caught, who were punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Punishment for poachers

If you want to cut down a Christmas tree yourself, you need to know the approximate prices in case you get caught. So, the fine for actually felling a Christmas tree in Russia will not be small, do not forget, when the tree is valued above five thousand, a criminal is prosecuted for this violation. A fine for an ordinary citizen will be about 4 thousand rubles, for an official - about 40 thousand rubles, the largest punishment for legal entities - it ranges from 200 to 300 thousand. The poachers also pay the forest fund for the damage caused.

If you figure out what kind of fine you can pay for a felled fluffy Christmas tree on the territory of Russia, then about 12 thousand rubles can be paid for a prickly beauty two meters tall. And this is already a criminal liability and, according to the laws of the Russian Federation, one can be deprived of liberty for up to two years. If we take the approximate amount of fines by year, then since 2010 the punishment in rubles has almost doubled.

Where can you cut down a Christmas tree?

If, nevertheless, there is a great desire to cut down a Christmas tree with your own hands, in this case you should contact the forestry located in your area. You should pay in advance for the chosen beauty, and go with the forester to prepare and cut down the tree. In such a situation, the cost will not exceed 1,500 rubles, depending on the type of spruce chosen. After that, with peace of mind, you can go home to your family, without worries and worries.

Buying a Christmas tree

Do not forget that in December bazaars and fairs begin to work en masse, where you can choose a prickly beauty for your taste, color and price. Each spruce must have its own document or code, because vehicles are also checked for the presence of an illegally felled tree by the posts of the road patrol service.

So, the New Year is just around the corner: in just a few days we will be able to sit down for festive table near the elegant Christmas tree and raise glasses of champagne, seeing off the last year, and preparing for a joyful meeting of the next. However, it is worth considering - how do some Russians get Christmas trees, and why does the government monitor the legality of this process so strictly?

The tradition of decorating Christmas trees and pines for the New Year holiday originated a long time ago, and each nation, perhaps, has its own legend about the origin of this “ritual”. However, the most important thing lies in ordinary botany: in order for the Christmas tree to sprout, grow and get stronger, it takes at least ten years.

After the expiration of the term, the tree is cut down, and it “comes to us for a holiday”, only to turn ingloriously yellow after a few weeks and go to a landfill. Surely it would bring much more benefit to the environment, and it would “live” in the forest for more than a dozen years. That is why many refuse the "natural" Christmas tree, and prefer to be content with an indefinite analogue - an artificial Christmas tree.

However, the price sometimes bites on it, and in order to find a way to achieve what they want, some Russians decide to go into the forest and cut down the Christmas tree on their own.

Enhanced protection of forest areas begins about a month before the New Year: the guards of the "forest law and order" make a tour of the territory in small groups. In addition to the fact that those who like to hunt for Christmas trees, there are "camera traps" that fix the offense.

By the way, round-the-clock security begins to bear fruit from the beginning of December.

So, to the most important thing - the punishment for a felled tree. If the tree is not valued over five thousand rubles, then you will face a fine for “cutting down” the Christmas tree. Four thousand rubles for "civilian", forty thousand - if you are an "official", and from two hundred to three hundred thousand - if you are a legal entity. In addition, the damage caused to the forest fund is paid separately.

If we roughly estimate the fine that will have to be paid for the unauthorized felling of a two-meter-high Christmas tree, then it turns out about twelve thousand rubles. This is already a criminal liability, and you can get a "term" of up to two years.

Then there is a way out for you: you go to the forestry, pay a certain amount (about one and a half thousand rubles), and get a New Year tree “with your own hands”. Everything is very simple and, most importantly, legal.

Do not forget that in December bazaars and fairs begin to work en masse, where you can choose a prickly beauty for your taste, color and price. Each spruce must have its own document or code, because vehicles are also checked for the presence of an illegally felled tree by traffic police posts.

Also on this moment a large selection of artificial Christmas trees that have an excellent view, fluffy branches. There are needles powdered with snow, white, blue with built-in flashlights, the Rosregistr website reports. Such trees can satisfy any taste, maybe they don’t smell, but so what? Such a tree can delight the whole family for many years and even decades.

Registration of contracts for the purchase of Christmas trees by individuals is carried out from December 1 to January 10.

You can buy a live Christmas tree not only in city markets. You can cut it down for free and completely legally in numerous forest areas located in the Leningrad region. This became possible thanks to the permission of the Committee on natural resources Leningrad region, which for several years has been holding an action for residents to cut down trees in forest areas.

The procedure for the acquisition of spruces or trees of other conifers for the New Year holidays in 2017 in the Leningrad Region

Buyer procedure:

1. Determine in which forestry it is more convenient for you to harvest Christmas trees.
2. When applying to the forestry, present an identity document to conclude an agreement for the harvesting of fir trees for new year holidays for your own needs.
3. Carry out the preparation of fir trees for the New Year holidays for their own needs in the forest area specified in the contract.

Forest plots for the harvesting of fir trees for the New Year holidays are allocated in all forest areas and, accordingly, in all districts of the Leningrad Region.

By the Decree of the Governor of the Leningrad Region dated December 5, 2016, changes were made to the payment rates under the sale and purchase agreement Christmas trees for citizens. Citizens, after concluding an agreement in the forestry, will be able to choose and cut down a green beauty for the New Year for free in the territory determined by the forestry.

In accordance with Articles 76 and 82 of the Forest Code of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Leningrad Region amended the Decree of the Government of the Leningrad Region dated April 25, 2007 No. 93, adding a clause on free harvesting by citizens in the territory of the Leningrad Region of spruces and other conifers for the New Year holidays for their own needs during the period from December 1st to January 10th. Corresponding changes were made by the Committee for Natural Resources of the Leningrad Region in Order No. 120 dated 12/19/2009, which also provides for the procedure for harvesting Christmas trees and the free form of the contract necessary for cutting down the Christmas tree.

December 6, 2016 Decree of the Committee for Natural Resources of the Leningrad Region No. 30 “On Amendments to the Order of the Committee for Natural Resources of the Leningrad Region of December 19, 2009” was published. No. 120 “On the organization of the procurement by citizens of fir trees for the New Year holidays for their own needs in the territory of the Leningrad Region””.

Addresses and telephones of the branches of LOGKU "Lenobles"

For all questions, please contact the indicated numbers.

You can find out the working hours by phone in a specific forestry - branch.

During the preparation of the Christmas tree and during its transportation, you must have a sales contract with you. The Natural Resources Committee of the 47th region, together with the Traffic Police Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, will check the availability required documents. Illegal logging is subject to administrative and even criminal liability.

Source of information: Committee for Natural Resources of the Leningrad Region

Question from Rustam Sharipov:

Hello! My friend and I wanted to start retailing Christmas trees. But there you need to take permission, and so we do not know where to apply for this permission. I have an individual entrepreneur and I have an additional type of activity - selling in tents and in the market.

Hello Rustam!

Sorry for taking a long time to answer the question, I just learned all the information first hand, namely from my friend who was selling Christmas trees. I will tell you not only about the permission to sell Christmas trees, but also about other subtleties of this business. So, let's start in order!

Decide on a place to trade

Where you are going to trade depends on who you go to for permission. If you sell Christmas trees in the market, then go to the administration of the market and agree on a permit with them. If it's just in some district of the city, then go to the district administration.

The advice from my friend is that it is better to trade in the central market, where they had the most revenue. You can also sell in a separate area of ​​the city, but next to a large number of residential buildings.

Getting permission

As I already wrote above, depending on where you will trade, go there and apply for a permit to trade in Christmas trees.

If this is a municipal market, then go to the market administration and ask for permission. It is advisable to negotiate some kind of monopoly trade in the market, i.e., that you be the only seller there. You can agree, check it out! You conclude a lease agreement at the place you need or at the one that the market will highlight, get permission and you can move on.

If this is an arbitrary place in one of the districts of the city, then go to the district administration (call in advance) and fill out an application for a permit to sell Christmas trees. Also find out in what form to attach the plan (marked on the map), where exactly your outlet will be located. This may be a little more dreary than with the administration of the market, but not critical. Get permission and go!

Where to buy Christmas trees, pines, firs

All this stuff is bought in forestries. You can call the forestry management and find out what prices are in which forestries and go where the price suits you best. It is better to go away from the city, because there the trees are of better quality and the prices are cheaper. My friend drove 400 km. from the city.

From the documents you need to get from the forestry: an agreement and an act of acceptance and transfer of goods. Everywhere should be written exact amount trees.

Buy spruce, pine and be sure to fir! The margin is higher for firs and they are well bought because of the smell. Plus, they can have one more in a good way earn, below I will tell!

Trading place and preparation for inspections

When the trees are bought and brought from you, you can sell them. But there are also requirements for the trading place.

1. You or the seller must have all the documents with you. This is a trade permit, an agreement with the forestry enterprise, an act of acceptance and transfer, in general, everything, everything, everything. If instead of you the seller, then photocopies will be enough, but with your signature and seal.
2. There must be a sign with the inscription "Christmas Bazaar" or something like that (check with the administration).
3. There must be a sign on the sign that says your IP (full name) and phone number.
4. Prices must be posted. You can write FROM prices, but do not specify the exact ones. But they must be written! Each A4 sheet with information must be confirmed by a seal and your signature. (A4 sheets into a file and fasten with a stapler so that the file does not swell). It is desirable to have more copies, if it suddenly deteriorates or breaks, so that they can be replaced immediately.
5. You can decorate your trading place beautifully. My friend drew snowmen, Santa Claus, etc. on plywood sheets. This attracts attention from the outside.
6. Be sure to have the following tools and fixtures: a saw, an ax, a tape measure, a fire extinguisher (firefighters will come to check), packaging material (a rope will do, which will need sooooo much to tie trees when selling). Looks like I didn't forget anything.

It is not necessary to fence the trading place, but you need to check with the administration. Some ask to drive in posts and wrap the boundaries of the place with a thick rope.

Important subtleties of trading

If you hire a seller, be sure to draw up an act of acceptance and transfer of goods with him. Because sellers often cheat and steal. How many trees he received, he reports for so many.

If you leave the goods at the market for the night, then put them in a pile and wrap them up with a “spider web” with a thin thread. In the morning you will come and it will be seen whether something was stolen from you or not. If the thread is damaged, then it was stolen accordingly and you can complain about the market guards.

When you unload the trees, you do not need to arrange them all at once. Let most of them lie, because the upper trees will quickly fall off and turn yellow from the sun, and the lower ones will be able to keep green and fluffy for much longer.

You can add coasters to trees. They sell well too.

How else to make money on fir

If you also sell fir, then you can earn money on it separately. Do not discard lower branches when processing trees. You can make brooms out of them and sell them separately. They are well bought for baths and for decoration. There are some people who are engaged only in firs, namely brooms, and earn good money.

Veniki buy restaurants and cafes well to decorate the halls and for a pleasant aroma in them. Some gift wrapping shops. For example, a sprig of fir is added to New Year's gift baskets. You can call entertainment establishments and ask if they need brooms or twigs or not. Well, just sell fir brooms at the outlet.

Well, that's probably all!

If you have additional questions, write in the comments! Special thanks to my friend Sergey for help with answering this question!

Sincerely, Schmidt Nikolai