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The dump is a landfill in Cicely.

Episodes[]

  • "Roots" (3-6), Maggie asks Elaine if she would like to go to the dump with her because "the bears are putting on a circus lately", a whole Kodiak family (2 cubs and a mom and dad) throwing trash back and forth
  • "Burning Down the House" (3-14), Chris on-air says he "picked up a couple of Peterbilt truck springs this morning from the dump"
  • "The Bad Seed" (4-7), Shelly tells Chris she can take a "sixer" and watch the bears at the dump for hours
  • "Northern Lights" (4-18), Maurice on-air asks for donations for a homeless Vietnam vet, reminding people "this is not the dump: no rags, no junk, no three-year-old jars of pickled beets"
  • "Jaws of Life" (5-3), Maurice and Ed drive to the dump to discard Maurice's wax dummy (first time dump is actually shown?)
  • "Altered Egos" (5-4), Ted takes Marilyn to the dump on their first date
  • "Birds of a Feather" (5-6), Shelly tells Holling that Dave will do the dump run first thing (the next morning) because "too many bears prowling around at night this time of year"
  • "Eye of the Beholder" (6-2), Ed tells Heather about the time he was at the dump and found an owl in a washing machine; Ed also says he "[goes] down to the dump quite a lot"
  • "The Letter" (6-4), Ed helps Shelly at the dump to find a chain letter she threw away (before finding it Ed discovers Eugene's suspenders, Maurice's "Weapons of Moroland" display, and "a bunch of gnarly old deli meats" from Ruth-Anne's store; Ed also "kind of [likes] the dump"
  • "Realpolitik" (6-10), After Michelle tells newly elected mayor Maggie about her first dump run and how far it is, Maggie petitions for a central dumpster in town
  • "Buss Stop" (6-20), Erick complains to Ron about not making the dump run
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