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Anchorage to pilot free woodlots this year to speed wildfire mitigation after windstorms, beetle kill
Summary
Solid Waste Services announced a one-year pilot to open two woodlots free to Anchorage residents in 2025 to accelerate removal of storm- and beetle-damaged wood. Staff described last year’s usage and costs, said the program will be subsidized by a wildfire grant and recycling surcharge, and noted plans to use some wood in compost/shredder pilots.
Solid Waste Services said the municipality will pilot free woodlot access at both the Anchorage Regional Landfill and the central South-Central site in 2025 to encourage residents to remove storm-damaged and beetle-killed wood.
The pilot was announced during a March committee briefing of the Assembly Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee. Kelly Toth, director of Solid Waste Services, said the city and the Anchorage Fire Department will issue a joint press release and that the move is intended to reduce wildfire fuel after recent windstorms and beetle-kill damage.
The pilot follows a 2024 soft opening at a new central woodlot near the old central transfer station. “This isn’t gonna be always free, but this year because of the windstorms and because of the beetle kill, we wanna really make a dent in making wildfire…
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