The Marion County Conservation Department will be collecting discarded Christmas trees in Knoxville on Thursday, January 2, 2020. The Conservation staff requests that trees be placed next to the street curb before 8:00 a.m. on January 2. Trees should be free of all decorations, tree stands, metal fasteners, tinsel and should not be in plastic bags. Routes will only be driven once. There will also be a Christmas tree drop-off site located at Marion County Park near the entrance between the dates of December 26, 2019 & January 15, 2020. Trees will be used for wildlife cover and fishery habitat in Marion County Conservation Dept. areas.