UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

January 21, 2010

Commission File Number: 333-121627

HARVEST ENERGY TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Suite 2100, 330 - 5th Avenue S.W,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 0L4
(403) 265-1178

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F £ Form 40-F

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Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

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Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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EXHIBIT	TITLE


99.1	Press Release - HARVEST ENERGY TRUST ANNOUNCES OFFER TO PURCHASE OUTSTANDING DEBENTURES AND SENIOR NOTES AND CONFIRMS DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	HARVEST ENERGY TRUST
	(Registrant)

Date: January 21, 2010	By:	/s/ John Zahary
		John Zahary
		President & Chief Executive Officer

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99.1	Press Release - HARVEST ENERGY TRUST ANNOUNCES OFFER TO PURCHASE OUTSTANDING DEBENTURES AND SENIOR NOTES AND CONFIRMS DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

HARVEST ENERGY TRUST 6-K