Curbside Chipping Event--for Twisp Residents
2022-04-17 | Twisp, Twisp, WA, 98856, United States
Free Curbside Chipping Drive for Twisp Residents
Help keep our spring air clean by chipping your yard waste instead of burning!
It is spring! In the Methow Valley that means abundant Arrowleaf blooms and the burning of woody debris piles. Clearing out woody debris and yard waste around homes and properties is a vital part of being fire-wise and improving forest health. Lots of outdoor pile burning however—especially piles of green branches—contributes to poor air quality at a time when the skies should be clear. In late summer we expect smoke from wildfires. How can we reduce our smoke at other times of year to protect those who are most vulnerable to cumulative smoke exposure?
Twisp Public Works, Clean Air Methow and Resilient Methow will be coming through town to chip your yard debris piles starting on April 18th & 19th. No need to pre-register. Simply place your piles curbside no later than Sunday night, April 17th. Chipping will begin at 8am on Monday morning until finished (may be Tuesday or Wednesday). In order for your piles to be accepted they must meet the following criteria:

Piles should be made up of woody limbs and branches only, no shorter than 2’ long and no larger than 6” Inches in Diameter. It is ok if limbs and branches have leaves and needles on them.

The following materials will not be accepted: noxious weeds, sod, root balls, piles of pine needles, slash piles or leaves, animal waste, garbage of any kind, metal, plastics, lumber or treated wood, construction debris/materials, and paper.

Piles must be hand piled with all stems of brush and trees facing the same way. Place all stems of trees and brush on the sidewalk or shoulder perpendicular to street, with all cut ends pointing in the same direction towards the street.

Piles must be easily accessed by a truck pulling a chipper. As close to the roadway as possible without blocking access.

Limit Pile size to no more than 5’ wide x 10’ long x 5’ high. Make multiple piles if needed.

If the pile (or part of the pile) does not meet specifications, a “pile cannot be chipped” tag will be left.

Piles placed in alleyways rather than the town streets will not be chipped.

Chips will be free for the taking at the end of Lincoln Street in the town park starting at 2pm on Monday, 4/18. You do not need to participate to receive chips and can be picked up without pre-arrangements and will be self-load.
Find out more about the event here.

Free Yard Waste Disposal--Chipping Drive at Twisp Transfer
2022-04-20 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Twisp Transfer Station, 12 Twisp Airport Rd, Twisp, 98856, United States
Free Chipping Drive
Help keep our spring air clean by chipping your yard waste instead of burning!
It is spring! In the Methow Valley that means abundant Arrowleaf blooms and the burning of woody debris piles. Clearing out woody debris and yard waste around homes and properties is a vital part of being fire-wise and improving forest health. Lots of outdoor pile burning however—especially piles of green branches—contributes to poor air quality at a time when the skies should be clear. In late summer we expect smoke from wildfires. How can we reduce our smoke at other times of year to protect those who are most vulnerable to cumulative smoke exposure?
Clean Air Methow is partnering with Resilient Methow and Okanogan County Solid Waste with funding from Washington Department of Ecology to waive fees for Green Waste Disposal on April 20, 22 and 29 at the Twisp Transfer Station. This is a great opportunity to reduce fuel load around your house while avoiding contributing to smoky skies.
When: April 20, 22 and 29 10a.m. to 3p.m.
Where: Twisp Transfer Center
Cost: Free!
Details about what material will be accepted can be found here.

Free Yard Waste Disposal-Chipping Drive at Twisp Transfer
2022-04-22 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Twisp Transfer Station, 12 Twisp Airport Rd, Twisp, 98856, United States

Methow Recycles Earth Day Event
2022-04-23 15:00 - 19:00 UTC | John Doran Ranch
Mark your calendars for April 23rda at 3pm! Methow Recycles will be holding an Earth Day celebration at John Doran ranch. There will be music, food and beer. MVCC will be tabling. We hope to see many familiar faces after a long winter with hardly any events. You can buy tickets for the event on Methow Recycles website.

Free Waste Disposal-Chipping Drive at Twisp Transfer
2022-04-29 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Twisp Transfer Station, 12 Twisp Airport Rd, Twisp, 98856, United States

Enloe Dam Presentation
2022-05-25 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | Tonasket Cultural Center, 411 Western Ave, Tonasket, WA
Enloe Dam: Beneath, Behind, Below
An update of recently collected information regarding volume of sediment, sediment composition, fish production and more.
Presenters include:

Washington Department of Ecology
U.S. Geological Service
National Marine Fisheries Service
Interfluve Environmental Services
Aboriginal Outfitters

Location: Community Cultural Center
411 Western Ave, Tonasket, WA 98855
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Sideyard Shindig-2022 Member Meeting
2022-06-09 16:00 - 18:00 UTC
Join MVCC staff, board, members, and guests for our annual members meeting on June 9th outside our office in Twisp (305 E. Methow Valley Highway). This will be a family friendly, social gathering with plenty of opportunities to learn about MVCC’s programs and recent work, converse with staff, and mingle with fellow members. Members* are welcome and encouraged to bring others from their household. Light snacks and beverages will be provided. More details and information about how to vote in our board elections to follow.
*Not yet a member? Join today or register at the event.
Let us know you’re coming. RSVP here.

Clean Air Methow’s “The Fifth Season”
2022-06-11 10:30 UTC
A series of audio stories featuring Okanogan community
members sharing their coping strategies for
wildfire smoke will be featured in the grand opening
of the new Winthrop Library at 10:30 a.m.

MVCC Adopt a Highway Clean Up between Winthrop & Mazama
2022-06-15 08:00 - 10:30 UTC | Winthrop Barn, 51 N Hwy 20, Winthrop, 98862, United States
Join MVCC Staff and members in the clean up of Adopt a Highway section of Highway 20 between between Winthrop and Mazama (mileposts 189-191).
Volunteers will meet at 8am at the Winthrop Barn and then carpool to the clean up area.
Clean up equipment and reflective vests will be provided.
SIGN UP REQUIRED AT: https://forms.gle/m1rv2Cv5TfewpuvP6
Questions? E-mail drew@mvcitizens.org

How to Build Smoke-Ready Communities
2022-06-15 17:30 - 18:30 UTC
Liz Walker of Clean Air Methow will give a talk and
answer questions about how to build smoke-ready
communities at the Winthrop Library at 5:30p.m.

The Confluence Forum on Water- Local Orgs present on Local Water Issues
2022-06-25 13:00 - 16:00 UTC
Organizations will give brief presentations about the work they are doing as it pertains to securing and protecting an ongoing water supply for people, agriculture and the natural systems and wildlife in the Methow Valley. The Methow Watershed Council and other organizations will be available to provide more detailed information about their work and answer questions from individual attendees.
WATER, WATER EVERYONE!
Come and meet the people behind the work.
Bring your questions.
Learn about the projects.
Organizations confirmed to attend to date are:
Methow Beaver Project
Methow Conservancy
Methow Valley Citizens Council
Okanogan Conservation District
US Forest Service
Cascade Fish
Trout Unlimited
1-4 pm at the Webb Shelter in Twisp Park on Saturday, June 25.

Methow Wildlife Area Public Workshop
2022-06-28 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
WDFW will be hosting this public workshop at the Winthrop Barn to discuss development of a new Methow Wildlife Area Management Plan. Attendees will have the opportunity to comment on the planning process including recreation management of the 34,600 acre Methow Wildlife Area.

Forest Restoration Strategy “Town Hall” Webinar
2022-06-29 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
Bill Gaines and Derek Churchill, both experts in east Cascade forest ecosystems, will help to orient us to what the forest restoration strategy is in the east Cascades, why it is critical to implement for the health and fire resiliency of the forest, and how projects fit into the strategy. Attendees are encouraged to submit their questions beforehand here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q9LS8H7 Bring your questions and come ready to learn all about a forward thinking, landscape-scale restoration strategy!
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Ashnola Declaration Presentation
2022-07-23 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Methow Valley Interpretive Center, Twisp, WA
In April 2022, the sməlqmíx (Lower Similkameen Indian Band), the syilx people of the Similkameen Valley, designated a new Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) in their territory. The Ashnola IPCA declaration upholds the inherent jurisdiction and responsibility of the sməlqmíx to protect and manage their territories according to sməlqmíx / syilx law. In accordance with sməlqmíx / syilx law, the sməlqmíx (Lower Similkameen Indian Band) expect that all who interact within
nʔaysnúlaʔxʷ (the Ashnola) will take the necessary steps to bring themselves into good
standing with the siwɬkʷ (water), tmxʷulaxʷ (land), sluxʷluxʷncut (air), and the tmixʷ
(life force within all four sacred ecosystems).
The Ashnola River is a tributary of the Similkameen that flows out of the North Cascades just north of the U.S. border in British Columbia. The Similkameen flows into the U.S. in its last miles before joining the Okanogan River near Oroville. The declaration is an important step in bringing a stronger indigenous voice to land management in our region. Join us in this discussion with state, federal and tribal land managers about what the Declaration means and what its significance is.

MVCC Book Club
2022-10-13 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | Winthrop Library, Winthrop, WA, United States
MVCC BOOK CLUB: Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. Join MVCC and Resilient Methow in a facilitated book club reading of this acclaimed climate fiction novel published in 2020. We’ll reflect on what parallels exist between Robinson’s perhaps not-so-fictional near future and our present, and look to the Methow Valley’s Climate Action Plan as a guide for how we as a community can adapt and build climate resiliency. Click here to sign up

Home Electrification Spring Forum
2023-05-25 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | Winthrop Library, Winthrop, WA, United States
Hosted by Resilient Methow, a program of MVCC.
Learn how you can take advantage of incentives and rebates to electrify your home and take climate action! Hear from Rewiring America, local utilities, Washington State Energy Office, and a local contractor. Join us in person or online.
Save your spot here!

Methow / Carlton Listening Session
2024-06-02 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Methow Community Club, 6 Arkansas Ave, Methow, WA, 98834, United States
Please join Methow Valley Citizens Council and Clean Air Methow to:

Share your thoughts and ideas about local environmental and land-use issues impacting your community

Meet MVCC Staff

Learn about MVCC program initiatives and shared challenges in the Methow and Okanogan valleys

Side-Yard Shindig / Annual Member Meeting
2024-06-13 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | MVCC Office, 305 E Methow Valley Highway, Twisp, WA, 98856, United States
Join MVCC staff, board, members, and guests for our annual Sideyard Shindig Members Meeting on June 13th from 5-7pm outside our office in Twisp (305 E. Methow Valley Highway).
Get ready to test your knowledge of the issues we work on with the MVCC Trivia Slam! Not only will we see who’s paying attention to our enews updates, we’ll also update you on all the important projects we’re working on in the process and have some prizes for the winners!
Members* are welcome at this event and encouraged to bring others from their household to the meeting. We’ll provide hot dogs, brats and veggie dogs from Mountain Meals, OSB beer and other beverages. This will be a zero-waste event so please try to bring a plate, cup and fork with you.
RSVP Appreciated: RSVP HERE*
*If you aren’t yet a member of MVCC, you can join anytime or when you sign in at the meeting.

Fall Chipping Event!
2024-10-12 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Twisp Transfer Station, 12 Twisp Airport Rd, Twisp, 98856, United States
Have yard waste that you’d like disposed of or chipped for FREE? Bring your loads on down to the Twisp Transfer Station and we will be happy to help!

Candidate Forum at Twisp Grange
2024-10-17 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Twisp Grange, 344 W 2nd Ave, Twisp, 98856, United States

"Soup. Community. Zoning."
2024-10-25 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Methow Community Club, 6 Arkansas Ave, Methow, WA, 98834, United States

Rally for the Valley!
2024-11-01 05:00 - 20:00 UTC | Twisp River Tap House, 201 Methow Valley Hwy N, Twisp, 98856

Human-Powered Hundred Peaks
2024-12-27 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Winthrop Barn, 51 N Hwy 20, Winthrop, 98862, United States
Join us at the Winthrop Red Barn on December 27th at 7pm as Langdon Ernest-Beck and Jeff Hashimoto share their incredible journey to climb the 100 highest peaks in Washington—all human-powered and completed in one season! Hosted by Methow Valley Citizens Council, the evening will also feature a small panel of local experts speaking about sustainable recreation efforts in the Methow Valley and the presentation of the first annual Red-Tailed Hawk Award to honor a local climate leader making a difference for our community. Doors open at 6:30pm and program begins at 7pm. This is a free event but you can let us know your coming by RSVPing here.

Turn Down the Heat: Climate Panel Discussion!
2025-01-29 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA

Free Curbside Chipping in Twisp
2025-04-13 | Twisp, Twisp, WA, 98856, United States
The Town of Twisp will be doing another round of their curbside chipping service! Please have piles out by Sunday night, April 13th if you live within city limits. Please limit piles to 5x10x5, and place them perpendicular to the street. Multiple piles are allowed! No alley pickups. Piles will be chipped on April 14 and 15.
Allowed:
Branches and woody debris only no shorter than 2’ long and no larger than 6” in diameter!
Not allowed:

All other green yard waste and garbage
No weeds, sod, roots, pine needles, leaves, waste paper, garbage, plastic, metal, lumber or treated wood
Piles not meeting guidelines will not be chipped
Chips will be available for free after 2pm on Wednesday, April 16.

Free Spring Chipping -Twisp Transfer Station
2025-04-16 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-18 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-23 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-25 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Twisp Transfer Station, 12 Twisp Airport Rd, Twisp, 98856, United States
Free Green Yard Waste Disposal at the Twisp Transfer Station 10am-3pm (for all Methow Valley Residents)
This Free Green Yard Waste Disposal event provides Methow Valley residents with an alternative to backyard burning of their yard debris this spring. Residents can come to the Twisp Transfer Station to dispose of their yard waste for this special collection 10am-3pm on 4/16, 4/18, 4/23 & 4/25.
This event is put on in partnership with Okanogan Conservation District, Resilient Methow, Fire Adapted Methow Valley, Town of Twisp and Okanogan County Solid Waste Management. With funding from the Department of Ecology
Allowed:

All natural vegetation

Branches and woody debris

Brush and shrubs

Weeds

Pine needles and cones

Leaves and grass clippings

Flowers, plants, fruit and vegetable plant trimmings

Not allowed:

Garbage of any kind

Lumber or treated wood

Homegrown fruit

Dirt

Construction debris/materials

Plastics

Paper

Note: Please separate branches/woody material from yard waste.
Bagged vegetation will be emptied and checked by staff to ensure it contains all-natural yard waste
Limit two yards of material.

This Ain't the Wild West Anymore: Permitting and Compliance in the Methow
2025-05-21 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Winthrop Library, Winthrop, WA, United States
“Have you ever wondered what the rules are around here?” “Do you need a permit to build a road?”; “Can trees be cut close to a river to improve a view?”; “If I see something that concerns me, what can I do?”
Windermere Methow Valley, The Kuehler Law Firm, and Palm Construction invite you to a workshop about how permitting for development works in the Methow Valley.
Join us on May 21st at the Winthrop Barn for a presentation and panel discussion, moderated by the Methow Valley Citizen’s Council. Doors open at 5, presentations from 5:30 – 7 with time for questions.
We will have guests from Okanogan County, Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Department of Ecology, who will inform the community about how permitting works and share information about policies and actions that protect sensitive lands.
This workshop is for landowners, residents, realtors, excavators, builders, landscapers, and neighbors of the Methow—anyone who cares deeply about this place and wants to protect it into the future! It’s all about starting a conversation – we hope to see you there!
Submit questions to the panelists beforehand.
