Bring on Fall Chipping & Dumpsters!

Hello Residents of Okanogan County,

It's time for Fall Air Care events! The Okanogan Conservation District will host chipping events and green waste dumpster disposal free of charge throughout the county. We encourage you to take part in the events coming to your area to promote better air quality by serving as an alternative to burning.

Find more information below and sign up for your community chipping event!

Chipping Events:

Let the chipping come to you! Gather up your woody materials (branches, tree limbs, bushes, etc.) and stack 3-ft wide by 3-ft tall pile(s) at the end of your driveway by 8am on the FIRST day of your community event. A chipper will come through the communities listed below and chip the woody materials. If you are interested in participating, please make sure to sign up for your chipping event and provide contact information so we can find your materials!

*After materials are chipped, the chips will be left in place of the pile or transported to a central drop off area.

Learn more about how to use chips for landscaping, compost, mulch, etc., on our resources page.

Chipping Dates and locations

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Okanogan Valley Chipping Events

• City of Okanogan: September 21 - 23 (Sign up by September 18)

• City of Omak: September 21 - 23 (Sign up by September 18)

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Methow Valley Chipping Events

• Mazama: October 12 & 13 (Sign up by October 9)

• Lost River Airport Association: October 12 & 13 (Sign up by October 9)

• Edelweiss: October 15 & 16 (Sign up by October 12)

• Sun Mountain Ranch Club: October 19 & 20 (Sign up by October 16)

• Town of Winthrop: October 26 - 28 (Sign up by October 24)

• Town of Twisp: October 26 - 28 (Sign up by October 24)

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Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (CTCR) Chipping Events:

In partnership the w/ CTCR Environmental Trust

• Nespelem, Elmer City, Coulee Dam

More information coming soon!

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Dumpsters

Soft Waste/Green Waste Dumpsters:

This is for vegetative disposal of natural plant-based materials that cannot be chipped. Materials such as leaves, pine needles, grass clippings, woodchips, and pinecones are allowed. NO large woody debris, trash, or animal carcasses.

Woody Waste Dumpsters: Disposal of natural plant-based materials that includes smaller woody debris such as bushes, twigs, branches less than 6-feet in length.

Dumpsters Dates and Locations

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Methow Valley Green Waste & Woody Waste Dumpsters

• Pine Forest: September 17 - 24

  • Green Waste ONLY

  • Parking Area on Summer Road, just above North Blackjack Road

• Sky Ranch: October 2 - October 9

  • Green Waste ONLY

• Sun Mountain Ranch Club: October 7 - 14

  • Green Waste ONLY

  • 15 Larkspur Dr.

• Ulrich Lane: October 9 - 16

  • Woody Waste ONLY

• Edelweiss: October 12 - 19

  • Green Waste ONLY

  • Edelweiss "Meadow" off Goat Creek Road

• Lost River Airport Association: October 20 - 27

  • Green Waste ONLY

  • Firehall on Littell Road

• Cascade Condos: October 22 - 29 

  • Green Waste ONLY

  • Between 206 Cascadian Way & 208 Cascadian Place, next to compost bin