Clear the brush.
Keep the trees.

Yes. We clear brush, blackberry and overgrowth back from houses, shops and outbuildings so there's less dry fuel against the structure. Tell us when you call that it's for fire risk and we'll plan the job around the area nearest your buildings.

Mostly by how thick the growth is. Our launch pricing runs about $2,600 to $3,400 per acre, with light growth at the low end and heavy blackberry at the high end. Slope and access can add to it. Light growth is scattered saplings and thin grass. Medium is real brush with some blackberry but still passable. Heavy is solid blackberry and underbrush with no ground showing. Send us photos and we'll give you a rough range. We always walk the property before the price is final, because photos can hide slope, debris and roots.

Some of it. Our machine is a compact track loader, and it gets unstable crossing slopes sideways. Past roughly a 15 to 20 percent grade we work straight up and down the hill instead of across it, and the job costs more because it goes slower. Very steep ground may be too risky, and we'll tell you that during the walk-through rather than push it.

No. A mulcher grinds standing growth down to ground level and can shave a stump flush, but the root mass stays in the soil. That's fine for pasture, trails, fence lines and general reclamation. It isn't enough for a building pad or finished grade — that's excavator work, and we'll say so up front.

Comfortably up to about six to eight inches at the base. Anything larger gets dropped separately or left standing. If your property has real timber on it, say so when you call — bigger trees change the plan and sometimes trigger state forest practice rules.

Nowhere. It stays on your ground as a chip layer a few inches deep. It suppresses regrowth for a couple of seasons, keeps soil from washing off over the winter, and breaks down into the dirt. No trucks, no dump fees.

Some of it, yes — anyone who tells you otherwise is selling. Mulching knocks the canes and crowns down hard and the chip layer slows what regrows. Most properties want a follow-up pass in the second or third year, and a lot of customers put it on a cycle. We'll be straight with you about what your ground needs.

Sometimes. Saturated clay means ruts and torn ground, and we'd rather turn down a job than wreck your pasture. Firm or frozen ground, gravel access and drier stretches are all workable. Call and we'll look at your site and the forecast honestly.

Depends entirely on what's growing. Light brush on flat, open ground moves fast. Heavy blackberry over downed wood on a slope is slow going. We'd rather give you a real number after walking it than a hopeful one over the phone.

Both. Yes, for open ground. Once a field is cleared, the same machine can knock down tall grass and light brush. If you've got a pasture that's gotten away from you, ask about a mowing pass, either as a follow-up to a clearing job or on its own.

Not currently. We only work on the Washington side of the river, in Clark County and just north of it.

Yes. North Forest Land Clearing is a trade name of North Forest Property Services LLC, a Washington limited liability company with a Washington business license (UBI 606 292 082). You can look the business up on the Washington Secretary of State's website.