Many families toy with the idea of how to get rid of their Christmas trees and some organizations in Green Country are making that effort easy.
Some of the methods include returning the tree to Mother Nature. But Pier 51 General Manager Sean Adair said there are right and wrong ways to sink your Christmas tree in the lake.
“I don’t like it. I know why guys do it. I mean we have some of the best-baited holes on some of our smaller docks, it’s great. But it’s for a safety concern for me that I’m more worried about it,” said Adair.
Pier 51 is a marina housed inside of the Keystone State Park.
He said the trees, which people hang off his docks cause issues when he needs to make repairs.
“I dive beneath these docks with scuba gear running equipment,” said Adair. “I’ve been hooked by broken-off hooks in those trees and I’ve been wrapped up in them. And it’s dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing as a diver it can be very intimidating. People can lose their lives like that.
That’s where the Tulsa District Army Corps of Engineers comes in. In early January they’re allowing people to donate their real Christmas trees to become natural habitats in some of our Oklahoma lakes.