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Posted on: December 21, 2020

[ARCHIVED] Celebrating the 2020 Capitol Christmas Tree

Capitol Christmas Tree logo

The Western Slope's Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison Nation Forests were chosen this year to provide the 2020 Capitol Christmas Tree, and forest officials harvested a 55' Engelmann Spruce from the Uncompahgre Plateau. Learn more about the People's Tree with these two videos:


  • America's Forests with Chuck Leavell celebrates the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree - full episode
  • 2020 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree - highlight reel 

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