City of Medicine Hat offering timber permit event for free firewood

Medicine Hat residents will have a chance to collect free firewood next month through a one-day timber permit event in a designated area of the city.

The City of Medicine Hat says the event will run on Saturday, July 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in a section of coulees on the southeast hill where crews have identified an above-average amount of deadfall.

Participants will be allowed to remove deadfall from two designated zones after completing a permit application and safety waiver in advance.

The permit application form can be filled out online and emailed to parks@medicinehat.ca or dropped off in person at the Parks and Recreation office at 88 Kipling Street SE.