GRAND JUNCTION — Next year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas tree will come from western Colorado.
U.S. Forest Service officials said Monday a tree will be cut from Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre or Gunnison national forest to adorn the Capitol building’s West Lawn in 2020.
Spokeswoman Kim Phillips that a formal announcement will be made Friday. She declined to provide further details.
Each year, a national forest is chosen to provide a tree for the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
This year’s tree is a 60-foot blue spruce cut from the Carson National Forest outside of Taos.
The Capitol tree last came from western Colorado in 2012, a 73-foot Engelmann spruce from the White River National Forest east of Meeker.
Information from: The Daily Sentinel, gjsentinel.com
