Chipping Program

The community chipping program is offered to all residents of Inter-Canyon, Elk Creek, and North Fork Fire Protection Districts.

The Community Chipping Program is designed to encourage homeowners to mitigate their lands and help reduce wildfire risk. This program is free of charge and is operated each summer from June through October. To register for this program you must sign up annually in February, the sign up can be found HERE(opens in a new tab). The sign up will be open and posted the third Tuesday in February. Registration is first-come-first-serve and seats for this program fill up quickly. When registering be sure to fill out the required fields carefully and completely, any incorrect or mistyped information may lead to a delay or inability to full-fill your request. Please only submit one request per household. You will receive a confirmation email after the sign up closes, and a group assignment email by the end of March with your expected service dates. Please read and understand the Program Parameters and Guidelines. Each year we ask for your patience and understanding with the program, as the crew operating the chipping program also responds to in-district emergencies including, but not limited to wildfires. If you miss the sign up, consider our other options listed on this site for removal.

Please follow all guidelines and parameters, our crews work diligently and hard to serve as many of our community members as possible. Dealing with improper, hard to find, and hard to access piles take much needed time and effort out of the program. Thank you for your understanding, participation, and support.

• Piles must be stacked by 8 a.m. on the first scheduled chipping day (check your group assignment).
• Improperly stacked piles, and any piles stacked after 8 a.m, may not be identified or collected.
• Chipping will take place weekly Monday through Friday.
• Stack piles neatly (no bags), with the large ends of branches facing the road.
• Place piles within 5 feet of the roadway, but not touching the road or in drainage ditches.
• NO piles on or in driveways, piles must be on a roadway accessible to the crew and its equipment.
• Maximum pile size is 5 'x 5' x 5'. There is a 15-pile limit per address for each sign up period. Piles over the limit will not be chipped.
• Maximum acceptable material diameter is 10".
• Please no piles of tiny sticks and twigs (rakings), they cant be picked up and they jam our chipper.
• Do not combine piles with neighbors' piles or place piles in other neighborhoods.
• After crews have removed your pile, clear away any remaining branches, needles and debris.
• NO piles that have been created by any machinery.
• NO rotted/punky/burned material.
• NO rakings.
• Piles that have rocks, dirt/debris, trash, or root wads will NOT be chipped.

While we will do our best to stick with the outlined schedule above, we continue to assess the most appropriate measures to protect the health and safety of our personnel, the local community, and society at large in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and our wildfire response priorities. As a result, the Chipping Program might be affected in ways that we can't currently predict.