2025 City of Rice Lake Drop Off Event
2025 City of Rice Lake Drop Off Event
Sharing the Responsibility You Cut and haul - We’ll Dispose of it
This is an opportunity for residents in the City of Rice Lake to reduce the risk of wildfire to your homes by implementing wildfire resiliency strategies.
If you missed the July 19th Wildfire Preparedness event, watch the recording of “Tips for Backyard Wildfire Resiliency”at: https://youtu.be/u3kuhZ_0tkc to learn how to lower your risk of losing your home in a wildland fire event.
Then work on your property by cutting and hauling the hazardous woody debris to the site below on the date below. This event is funded by the St. Louis County Firewise program. Please keep track of your hours worked on the form on the back of this flier. Your hours recorded are an in-kind match to pay the contractor who will be disposing of the debris collected.
Drop off Event Details
When: Sept. 13 & 14 (8:00 AM – 4:00 PM)
Where: 3982 Schlutz Road Duluth, MN 55804
Pile Guidelines
- Cut and haul your woody debris to the Boulder Lake
gravel site at the designated dates and times above. - Piles must be stacked neatly with ends facing one way for
easier access for the contractor to chip. - Please limit the length of branches to 5’.
- No limit to the number of piles.
What’s Acceptable and what is not?
*Small trees, branches and limbs (balsam fir, spruce, brush) up to 12”
in diameter will be accepted.
- No stumps.
- No invasive species.
- No construction or building materials.
- No bags allowed, woody debris piles only.
- No trash, weeds, root wads, dirt, or rocks.
- No grass clippings or bags of leaves.
- No household garbage.
Questions? Contact: Gloria Erickson St. Louis County Firewise Coordinator gloria@dovetailinc.org [ 218-365-0878 ]
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