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  • Cutting Christmas Trees: Good or Bad for the Environment?

    Amanda Gokee, New Hampshire Bulletin|Updated Dec 20, 2021

    Christmas is a time for celebrating the season and a time for cutting down trees – and that holiday tradition sometimes leads to discussions about what's best for the environment: Is it greener to buy a real tree or a fake tree, or abstain altogether? UNH forest resources specialist Steven Roberge explained some of the factors he weighs in determining whether cutting a tree is an environmental boon or bust. The first caveat, according to Roberge: It's not as simple as you migh...