2021 WILDFIRE MITIGATION SLASH COLLECTION EVENTS
To reduce wildfire hazard in our communities, the U.S. Forest Service, San Carlos Ranger District, and ARWC will host wildfire mitigation slash collection sites in areas of the Arkansas River Basin that are at high risk for wildfire. Landowners in fire-prone areas are invited to haul slash woody material from fire mitigation efforts on their properties to these sites. Current slash sites are bring offered in the Wet Mountains near San Isabel and Beulah, but new sites will be offered as resources permit. New opportunities will be posted on this page in the future. Read more about how wildfire mitigation works here.
Photo: Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network. Thanks to the fuels treatments done by the Colorado State Forest Service and partners, fire response crews were able to contain the Golf Course Fire before it entered nearby communities. Read more about how wildfire mitigation works here.
June 25, 2022
July 30, 2022
October 1, 2022
8AM-4PM
Highway 78 Mile 1.0 (commonly called 12-Mile Road)
To reduce wildfire hazard in our communities, the U.S. Forest Service, San Carlos Ranger District and ARWC will host wildfire mitigation slash collection sites. Residents are invited to bring slash and natural woody material from wildfire mitigation efforts to the staffed collection site during these one-day events. Only slash and natural woody material from wildfire mitigation efforts is accepted. Absolutely no trash. Each load will be evaluated before unloading.
2023 dates will be added soon. In the meantime, please consider making a donation to help ensure that we can continue to offer this service. Our slash collection fund helps cover the cost of planning and organizing the events and for staff members to keep the slash site open.To make a donation using a credit card, debit card or PayPal account, please follow this link or use the QR code below. Thank you for your support!
July 30, 2022
October 1, 2022
8AM-4PM
Highway 78 Mile 1.0 (commonly called 12-Mile Road)
To reduce wildfire hazard in our communities, the U.S. Forest Service, San Carlos Ranger District and ARWC will host wildfire mitigation slash collection sites. Residents are invited to bring slash and natural woody material from wildfire mitigation efforts to the staffed collection site during these one-day events. Only slash and natural woody material from wildfire mitigation efforts is accepted. Absolutely no trash. Each load will be evaluated before unloading.
2023 dates will be added soon. In the meantime, please consider making a donation to help ensure that we can continue to offer this service. Our slash collection fund helps cover the cost of planning and organizing the events and for staff members to keep the slash site open.To make a donation using a credit card, debit card or PayPal account, please follow this link or use the QR code below. Thank you for your support!
Please help us continue this service to the community by honoring these rules:
Bring only natural woody debris from wildfire mitigation efforts completed on your property.
Limbs and branches from firs, pines, oaks, brush and pine needles will be accepted.
NO lumber, weeds, grass, sawdust, stumps, wood chips or trash of any kind will be allowed.
NO ground litter such as mulch will be allowed.
NO commercial operators at this event. Contractors working for participating landowners are welcome.
The USFS will collect the slash piles for burning next winter. Additional collection dates will be offered throughout the year. We will post that information here. For more information, please contact Allyson Pokrzywinski @ allyson.pokrzywinski@usda.gov or 719 221 5215.
Please help us continue this service to the community by honoring these rules:
Bring only natural woody debris from wildfire mitigation efforts completed on your property.
Limbs and branches from firs, pines, oaks, brush and pine needles will be accepted.
NO lumber, weeds, grass, sawdust, stumps, wood chips or trash of any kind will be allowed.
NO ground litter such as mulch will be allowed.
NO commercial operators at this event. Contractors working for participating landowners are welcome.
The USFS will collect the slash piles for burning next winter. Additional collection dates will be offered throughout the year. We will post that information here. For more information, please contact Allyson Pokrzywinski @ allyson.pokrzywinski@usda.gov or 719 221 5215.
