Kane Co. Forest Preserve District Offers Free Wood Chips

From the Forest Preserve District of Kane County: Back by popular demand, the Forest Preserve District of Kane County is offering free wood chips to the public, in late April.

Wood chips will be available for pick-up at two locations on Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22, from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Burnidge Forest Preserve in Elgin and also at Big Rock Forest Preserve in Big Rock.

Forest Preserve District staff will be on hand to help load with a tractor at both sites on Saturday, April 21, from 8 a.m. - noon. Afterward, the public may pick them up on their own through 5 p.m. Non-District machinery to load/unload is not permitted. Residents should bring their own shovels and containers. The public is welcome to take as many wood chips as they can haul away.

The chips are from hardwood trees removed throughout Kane County because of storm damage or clearing efforts. None of the wood chips are from ash trees.

Burnidge Forest Preserve is located at 14N035 Coombs Rd., Elgin. Big Rock Forest Preserve is located 46W072 Jericho Rd., Big Rock. Signs within both preserves will direct people to the pile location.

For more information, contact the Forest Preserve District of Kane County at 630-232-5980, visit us here or find us on social media by searching @forestpreserve.

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