Forest Thinning

Forest thinning is the process of removing trees in an immature stand to improve growth and health of the forest. A thinned forest is a much healthier forest and is better able to resist fire, insects, disease, and drought.

There are two methods of thinning: Commercial and Precommercial

Commercial Thinning: Is when the value of the harvested timber pays the costs of the thinning project.

Precommercial Thinning. Is when the value of the harvested timber does not return enough to pay for thinning project.

A good thinning program meets one or more of these six objectives.

1. Use or sell timber that otherwise would die and decay and/ or lost to fire.

2. Redistribute the total fiber growth of the stand to fewer trees of higher quality, thereby increasing the value of usable fiber.

3. Increase the profitability of growing trees by reducing the investment in standing volume.

4. Provide money to fund projects, such as wildfire mitigation, reforestation, precommercial thinning, and other timber stand improvement activities.

5. Enhance nontimber uses of the forest such as grazing, wildlife, and recreation.

6. Provide more frequent periodic incomes

Timber Salvage Before Land Clearing

We can salvage marketable timber from your property before you begin building. This will allow you to receive payment for the marketable timber, so you can put that money back into your project. Contact us, so we can give you an estimate.

Firewood Processing or Splitting on your Site

We can bring the firewood processing and splitting to you.

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Firewood Splitting: If you have rounds cut and just need splitting- we can do it. 

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Firewood Processing: If you are looking to cut and split large quantities of firewood, firewood processing can save a lot of time, money, and physical effort.  We process an average one cord per hour and typically work a 10-hour day. Contact us for an estimate.

Storm Damage Cleanup and Downed Trees

If you experience storm damage or have downed trees, we can come in and cleanup the downed and damaged trees. We can chip and/ or remove the trees from your property.  We typically do not take on tree work that is done by tree companies such as technical tree removals in close proximity to buildings or utility lines, but we work with local Arborists that can perform that work. 

Land Management Services

We provide a number of different land management services. We typically take on smaller projects so we can remain available for forestry services work. Below is a list of land management services that we can provide.

• Garden Tilling: In the spring we have garden tilling days when our prices are reduced, as we try to go and till a number of gardens in a day.

• Rotary Mowing

• Disking

• Chipping

• Brush Removal

• Forestry Mulching/ Mastication

• Horse Arena maintenance

• Light driveway grading and maintenance

For insurance reasons, we cannot perform any excavation work.