You can protect your home from wildfire with help from the Summit County Chipping Program. Summit County government helps residents and property owners create defensible space by providing free chipping and disposal for branches, logs and small trees. If you clear woody vegetation from around your home and stack it in a slash pile, we’ll chip it and haul it away at no cost.
When it comes to wildfire, it takes everyone to protect everyone.
The Chipping Program has ended for 2019, but check back here in spring of 2020 for information on the 2020 Chipping Program.
Example of a "Good Pile"
Example of a "Bad Pile"
2019 Chipping Program Results
A total of 1,931 local households participated in the 2019 Chipping Program, and chipping crews removed 3,738 slash piles, making significant progress toward our community’s wildfire protection goals. Approximately 5,400 cubic yards of chips were hauled to Climax Molybdenum Mine for reclamation efforts.
Contact
For more information on the Summit County Chipping Program, call or email Dan Schroder, (970) 668-4140.
Colorado State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Summit County cooperating. Extension programs available to all without discrimination.