Registration Opens July 20 for Crystal Lakes Curbside Slash Pickup Pilot Program

Crystal Lakes Curbside Slash Pickup Pilot Program

This grant-funded pilot offers a low-barrier way for residents of Crystal Lakes to remove self-generated woody material while testing a workflow that may lead to similar community events in the future.

  • Program capacity: the first 50 REGISTERED and CONFIRMED participants

  • You stack 1–5 piles per participant

  • We haul, no cost to participants

  • Must be a resident of Crystal Lakes

Dates and operational details may shift if contractor scheduling or field conditions require changes. Registered participants will receive updates.

What Is Eligible?

Each participant may prepare 1–5 piles prior to registration.

  • Each pile must be 5 ft x 5 ft x 5 ft or smaller

  • Natural woody slash only

  • Branches and trunks must be clean and less than 12 inches in diameter

  • No garbage, construction debris, treated lumber, root balls, or other non-woody material

Do not move piles to the roadside until you have completed registration and received confirmation


Important Dates

  • July 20 - Registration opens at 9:00 am

    • Register 1 – 5 piles. DO NOT move piles to the roadside until registration is confirmed. DO move piles to the roadside as close to August 13 as possible

  • August 13 - Registration closes at 9:00 am, or when 50 participants are confirmed

  • August 14-16 - Volunteer verification of confirmed participants

    • Volunteers will flag piles that meet requirements; we may contact you if adjustments must be made.

  • August 17-26 - Contracted curbside chipping and hauling

    • Some hauling may need to take place the week of August 24

Learn more

Field Verification

Volunteers will visit registered addresses August 14–16 to confirm that piles are present and meet program requirements. Eligible piles will be flagged for contracted hauling the week of August 17.

Unregistered or ineligible material will be left in place and will remain the property owner’s responsibility. 

Before You Move Slash…

Please wait until your registration has been accepted before placing piles at the roadside.

  • Register your piles

  • Participation is limited to the first 50 registered and accepted property owners

  • Unaccepted or ineligible material will be left in place and will remain the property owner’s responsibility

  • Move piles to the roadside as close to August 13 as possible

Questions? Help Registering? Contact Brad Maggetti at (970) 619–4925

Megan Maiolo-Heath