Slash Disposal

A free service from the Island Park Sustainable Fire Community

We thank everyone in Island Park for their effort & dedication

Over the past 10 years, we have picked up 1,395 slash piles!

OUR SLASH PICKUP WILL OPERATE DIFFERENTLY IN 2026

IPSFC is offering free slash pickup services in 2026 for eligible landowners in select areas of Island Park. Due to funding and capacity limitations, participation is limited to the first 100 landowners who register.

Slash pickup will be available in the following areas:

  • Lakeview
  • Two Top
  • Baker
  • Bootjack
  • Rasmussen
  • Aspen Ridge
  • Sawtell Estates
  • Sawtelle Mountain
  • Island Park Village
  • Stonegate Area
  • Macks Inn
  • Harris
  • McGee
  • Henderson Pines

Space is limited. Once 100 landowners have signed up, registration will close for the 2026 season.

Sign up today to reserve your spot.

Service Area

Within service area (listed above)

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Common Questions

Defensible space is the area surrounding a house or other structure where the vegetation and fuels have been modified, thinned, or removed to slow or stop fire from reaching the building(s), giving firefighters a better opportunity to safely and effectively defend the property.

Creating defensible space rarely involves removing all vegetation and fuels from the landscape, but it does require reduction in flammable vegetation. When properly done, defensible space can help provide you and your property with protection from fire and flying embers.

Slash can be defined as the branches, treetops, bushes, and other woody material less than 7” in diameter that remains after thinning or performing other fuels treatments on a property. Slash does not include dirt or other material such as household garbage, chemicals, plastics, appliances, tree stumps, or large roots. Slash also does not include rocks or construction material such as 2x4s, plywood, etc.

Since slash is no longer living trees or vegetation, it generally becomes very dry and, subsequently, very combustible. Slash is often piled together, and this creates a large, highly flammable concentration of fuel for a fire. These piles are especially dangerous when located next to structures or close to standing trees and bushes because they can provide the dangerous “ladder fuels” that cause fires to climb into the crowns of trees where they become difficult and dangerous to control.

There are several options for removing slash from your property:

  • Take the slash to an approved dump site.
  • Burned under very specific, controlled conditions (see below).
  • Participate in the annual IPSFC slash disposal.

Please contact us at ipsustainablefire@gmail.com or at 208-680-6852 for further questions about slash and how to dispose of it.

  • The State of Idaho requires burn permits from May 10 through October 20. Burning can be limited based on current fire restrictions. It is also illegal to burn garbage and most human-made substances, including: plastic, hazardous waste, paints or painted materials, tires, and trade wastes (produced by a business). These materials emit hazardous pollutants into the air when they are burned and must be taken to a registered landfill.
  • Please visit burnpermits.idaho.gov for more information on how to apply for a burn permit and what restrictions may apply.
  • The Meadow Creek Pit at Valley View is open mid-May though October, 10 am to 3pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
  • Please ensure that slash loads do not contain any garbage, appliances, and other non-vegetative material, or we will be unable to accept it. Trash is very costly and time-consuming to relocate.