I'm a bonsai newbie from Seattle. When is the ideal time to
collect bonsai?

I plan on taking a trip into the mountains to find a couple. Do
I need a permit?


Now, and yes.

If you are on federal land you need a permit from the federal
agency that manages the land. If it's state land, you need a
permit from the state (generally harder to get that from the
feds). If it is private land you need permissions from the
landowner -- and I'd get it in writing in case the owner's agent
discovers you out there digging things up.

The ONLY way you don't need some kind of permit these days is if
YOU own the land.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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