Christmas Tree Hunting In The Yuba River Ranger District South Writer Maggie McKaig is a singer/songwriter/instrumentalist who makes her home outside of Nevada City, California. Today we—me, hubby Luke, doggie Mira—went Christmas tree hunting. Paid $10 online + some kind of tax to be able to head off into the Tahoe National Forest/ Yuba River Ranger District South in search of the mythical perfect tree, hopefully amidst a snowy mountain setting. Packed a lunch, saw, some rope, our snow boots, whiskey flask—one never knows. Went up I-80 as far as Cisco Grove, which is the south eastern edge of the this particular Yuba River Ranger District.