This week’s ice storm has damaged tree limbs across the City of Moorhead. The Forestry Division will be cleaning up tree branches and debris curbside over the next several weeks on scheduled recycling days.
Please put downed limbs/branches along the boulevard so crews can pick them up with the brush chipper. Do not call for pickup; crews will be busy picking up along recycling routes. Cleanup will continue until the debris is cleaned up or as winter weather allows.
Additionally, crews will collect natural Christmas trees curbside from January 2-12, 2024. Place trees 3-5 feet from garbage/recycling cans. Remove plastic bags, lights, ornaments and stands.
Here are some guidelines that will help this service work effectively:
- Piles must not be larger than 12 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 4 feet high. A pile this size will take approximately 15-20 minutes to chip. If a pile is too big, crews will chip what is equivalent to 12x8x4 and leave the remainder until your next recycling day.
- Branches must be 8 inches or smaller in diameter.
- Pile branches so the base of limbs point in the same direction. This will make it easier to grab branches and feed them into the chipper. Piles with branches facing all directions take extra time because they need to be pulled apart and then fed into the machine.
- Branches must be placed on the boulevard, not in alleys.
- Branches should not be bundled.
- Do not put brush in bags, garbage cans, wheelbarrows, or boxes.
- Branches cannot be mixed with root balls, compost, leaves, trash, dirt, lumber, etc.
Wood debris can also be hauled to the City’s compost site at 1800 Hwy 75 N. (north of Centennial Park baseball fields on Hwy 75). It will be open from 8 am-4 pm from December 27-29.
