Wildfire Mitigation and Land Management Services
Wildfire mitigation, fuel reduction and machine work for homeowners and contractors in the Jefferson County foothills.
Land Management and Wildfire Mitigation for Foothills Properties
What Affects the Cost
Every property is different. These are the main things that shape your quote.
Quotes are written and itemized, based on what we see on site.
Lot size and acreage
Bigger parcels take more machine time.
Slope and access difficulty
Steep or tight access takes more time.
Vegetation and fuel density
Dense oak and deadfall take more work.
Structures to protect
More structures near fuel means more zones to plan.
Defensible Space Creation
Defensible space is the buffer zone between your home and the surrounding wildland. Colorado guidelines describe it in three zones, out to about 100 feet from the home.
We handle machine-accessible fuel reduction and coordinate detailed hand work through our specialist partner.
What Is Included
- Zone 1 (0-5 ft): Keep the first 5 feet free of things that burn. Hand work, coordinated through our partner.
- Zone 2 (5-30 ft): Thin and space trees and shrubs, remove dead vegetation, limb up lower branches.
- Zone 3 (30-100 ft): Reduce dense brush, space tree crowns, and handle dead and down material. Most machine work happens here.
Immediate Zone
Keep the first 5 feet free of things that burn. Mostly hand work, coordinated through our partner.
Intermediate Zone
Thin and space trees and shrubs, and remove dead vegetation.
Extended Zone
Reduce brush and ladder fuels and space trees. Most machine work happens here.
Brush and Oak Fuel Reduction
Gambel oak, scrub, deadfall and dense understory add a lot of fuel.
We reduce dense oak and understory fuel loads with the machine, from light thinning to heavy fuel reduction, including on steep ground.
What Is Included
- Gambel oak and scrub oak stands
- Dense understory and ladder fuels
- Accumulated deadfall and debris
- Light selective thinning through heavy fuel reduction
Forestry Mulching
Machine-based vegetation management and material handling
Our Bobcat T86 with a mulching head grinds brush and small trees in place. Mulching is not right for every prescription. Sometimes material is moved, treated differently or taken off site, depending on the scope and site.
With the grapple, we move, stack and stage logs and storm debris. Contractors can hire the machine with an operator.
Ideal For
- Storm cleanup and log handling: Fallen trees and storm debris moved or stacked. Tree work coordinated through our partner.
- Large acreage mitigation: Fuel reduction on parcels of 1 acre or more.
- Access road corridors: Fuel-reduced corridors along driveways and property lines.
Wildfire Risk Assessment
An on-site look at your property with an NFPA Certified Wildfire Mitigation Specialist.
We look at fuel, slope, access and structures, then give you prioritized recommendations. Work we quote is written and itemized.
What You Receive
- On-site walk through with Daniel
- Prioritized mitigation recommendations
- A written quote if you want work done
- Before and after photos of the treated areas
From First Call to Completed Project
- 01
Assess
We walk the property with you and look at vegetation, slope and access.
- 02
Plan
You get a written scope and quote before work starts.
- 03
Clear
We do the agreed machine work and coordinate specialist crews when needed.
- 04
Document
Every project includes before and after photos of the treated areas.
Where We Work in the Front Range
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Ready to Get Started?
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