A misprinted map is leading people astray, causing them to cut from the wrong area without even knowing it.

The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest map shows shaded and non-shaded areas. The legend in the bottom left hand corner shows that the non-shaded areas are the no cutting areas.

That's where the typo is. That box is supposed to be shaded, changing the entire meaning of the map.

People cutting down their trees this weekend hope the impact from the misprint isn't too great.

"It would have been nice if it were right," said Tami Newton.

We're told by area forest service workers that they are printing new maps and have staff out in the forest leading people away from the no cut areas.

Approximately 200 trees were cut down the day after Thanksgiving, and hundreds more over the weekend. It will be virtually impossible to count how many were cut from the wrong area.

While the error is not catastrophic, no-cut areas help in forest management -- by limiting areas to cut, there will always be enough trees of the correct size to cut.

There are between 9,000 and 11,000 permits sold every year. Permits costs $10 at all district ranger station offices and the REI store in Lynnwood.

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