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Chipping Schedule

July 23rd - 25th​ OR July 30th - Aug. 1st

  • Plain (Beaver Valley Rd to Ponderosa and Standing Rock Ranch)​

    • Chapel Drive, Alpine Acres, Hazel St, Plain Raches Rd, Ponderosa Community, Standing Rock Ranch​

  • Chiwawa Loop Rd (Fish Lake to Chiwawa River Pines)

    • Idlewild Rd, Alpine Drive, Chiwawa River Pines HOA​

Aug. 6th - 8th

  • Beaver Valley Rd (Shales Ln to River Rd)

    • Shales Ln, Blue Ribbon Ln, Bretz Rd, Hill St, ALL of River Rd​​

Aug. 13th-15th

  • ​Chiwawa Loop Rd (Wending Ln to Mountain Springs)

    • Wending Ln, Shugart Flats, Fish Pond Ln, Stonewater Ranch, Mountain Springs Lodge​​​

​Aug. 20th-22nd

  • State Route 207, Kahler Glen, South Shore, Stellarwood

    • ​Conard, Braeburn, Cedar Brae, Stellarwood, South Shore, South Shore Summer Homes, Zanika

​Aug. 27th - 29th

  • Lake Wenatchee Highway to Tall Timber​

    • North Shore, Whispering Pines, White River Rd, Tall Timber

​Sept. 3rd - 5th

  • Highway 2 corridor (Butcher Creek to White Pine)​

    • White Pine, Gill Creek, Nason Ridge, Sunland, Dardanelles, Coulter Creek, Butcher Creek​

  • Coles Corner and Winton

    • Winton Rd, Natapoc, Deep Powder Ln, Bradshaw, Big Pine, Cowboy Lane, Jack Pine, Rieche Rd, Graham Ln, Karl Rd

​PLEASE REMEMBER:

  • These are the anticipated dates; now that fire season is here, our crew may get called to respond to a fire for a few weeks

    • If this happens, we will let you know

  • Progress will be shared on Facebook, Instagram, and lwfr.org, about when we finish an area and are moving onto the next

  • If you sign up AFTER the scheduled dates for your community, you will be at the back of the line, and we may or may not get to you

Sign up here

Lake Wenatchee Fire and Rescue offers a free chipping service to assist community members with reducing the threat of wildfires to their homes.

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When you sign up, select your neighborhood from the dropdown menu in the form.

Who is Eligible?

The free chipping service is open to anyone living within District 9 (Plain, Lake Wenatchee, and communities on hwy 2). If you are not sure if we cover your area, just call the office and ask! (Chumstick and Leavenworth are NOT in our district)

Disbursement Option Diagram:
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Pile Guidelines

  • We must be able to access the pile with the truck and chipper​ (40ft in length)

  • Place all butt ends of trees and brush pointing in the same direction with the cut end towards the road

  • Maximum pile height of 5ft

  • Pile items by hand

  • Pile should be as close to the road as possible

  • Stack similar-sized brush​ together

    • Multiple piles sorted by similar sizes and lengths are preferred.

Allowed

  • Trees and limbs up to 8in in diameter

  • Trimmings and brush

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Not Allowed

  • Noxious weeds, sod, root balls, pine needles, slash piles or leaves

  • Animal waste, garbage, plastic bags or metal

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