No Cost chipping services for Amador County residents

The Amador Resource Conservation District (ARCD) is implementing a residential fuels, roadside chipping program and community chipping days  to help encourage continued vegetation maintenance in the county.  The ARCD will administer the chipping services program through a grant awarded by the California Fire Safe Council.  This chipping program is open to all Amador County residents that first pile vegetative slash along roadsides or driveways, then submit a request for chipping service (see below, but please review all requirement first). The ARCD will send an industrial chipper and crew to the site to process the roadside slash.  The program will provide the community the ability to process vegetative debris.  Or residents can bring their green waste to one of six community chipping days through out the county. ​

Two Options for assistance

Community Chipping Days

Amador RCD will be hosting 6 community chipping days through out Amador County in March-April 2021. Landowners will bring material to be chipped to local fire stations. This program is open to Amador County residents only. Visit the Community Chipping Day webpage for more information, click the link below.  

Roadside Chipping

Roadside chipping is available for residents of Amador County. Once work to cut and pile vegetation is completed by the landowner, the landowner should submit an application for roadside chipping. Visit the Roadside Chipping webpage, for more information click the link below. 

Defensible Space

Create defensible space by clearing brush 100’ from buildings (or to property line) and 20′ from driveways. Please refer to the CAL FIRE pamphlet (click here to download a copy) for further guidance on creating defensible space. 
Visit ReadyForWildfire.org for more information about crating and maintaining defensible space.

Keep Up to Date

For updates about the program consider signing up for the
​ARCD newsletter. 
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Image displaying 100 foot defensible space requirement. Visit ReadyForWildfire.org for more infromation

Questions or interested
​in a Community Chipping Day?

If you have questions contact Vincent Campa
Email: Vincent@AmadorRCD.org
Phone: 1 209-214-9727