With the Duchesne and Strawberry Rivers meeting right next to town, there’s no shortage of water for brush to chase. Russian olive and tamarisk line the rivers, canals, and ditches, and they don’t stay put. Every season they push a little farther into pasture, yards, and fence lines, and they drink water you’d rather send somewhere else.
Our brush clearing in Duchesne goes after that growth wherever it’s causing problems. We cut woody brush down, dig out roots on the toughest plants, knock back dry weeds near buildings, and load everything for haul off. The result is open banks, visible fences, and a lot less fuel sitting near your home or hay. We’ll also tell you which spots are most likely to come back.
We know how Russian olive and tamarisk behave along Duchesne rivers and canals, and how quickly each one tries to come back.
Hand tools handle the tight spots near fences and headgates, while machines and trucks take care of open ground and haul off.
We'll tell you which areas truly need clearing this season and which ones can wait until your budget catches up.
Brush gets cut, loaded, and hauled, ditches stay free of clippings, and fences and buildings are left the way we found them.
Both of these plants were brought into the West for windbreaks and erosion control, and both found a perfect home along Basin waterways. Russian olive grows thorny, dense, and fast. Tamarisk, also called saltcedar, puts down deep roots and pulls a surprising amount of water. Along the Duchesne River, the Strawberry, and the canals that feed farm ground around town, they form thickets you can’t walk through.
Cutting them down is only half the battle. Both resprout from stumps and roots, so our approach depends on how big the plants are and how close they sit to the water. Smaller stems can often be pulled, while large trunks may need tree and stump removal to get the root crown out of the bank.
Duchesne averages around 9.45 inches of precipitation a year, and summer highs reach the upper 80s. By July, cheatgrass has dried to straw and kochia is standing stiff and brown. That kind of growth carries fire quickly, and it tends to pile up right where it does the most harm: against sheds, along fences, and under stacked hay.
Clearing a buffer around homes, barns, fuel tanks, and equipment is one of the most useful things you can do on rural property here. We cut that zone down to the dirt and haul the material away so it isn’t just moved to a new pile.
Ditch banks are delicate. Pull too much out of the wrong spot and the bank can slump or wash once the water comes back on. We cut growth back from the channel, take roots out where the bank can handle it, and keep cut material out of the water.
If the ditch is shared, it’s worth talking with your neighbors and the ditch company before we start. Timing the work for when water isn’t running makes the job cleaner and keeps everyone downstream happy.
Every property is different, so we pick tools based on what’s growing and where it’s growing:
Most jobs use a mix. A riverbank might need careful hand work up close and a machine on the open stretch behind it. Once everything is cut, our debris hauling service takes it away so you’re not left with a brush pile drawing mice behind the barn.
Ranch and hay ground surrounds Duchesne, and brush is hard on it. It hides broken wire, rots posts, crowds out grass, and gives weeds a place to seed into the field. Clearing a fence line lets you see exactly what’s going on and makes it much easier to keep livestock where they belong.
If clearing turns up damaged posts or wire, our fence repair crew can fix those sections while the line is open and easy to reach.
One good clearing makes a huge difference, but Russian olive, tamarisk, and kochia are all persistent. Cut stumps often send up new shoots, and bare ground invites seed from upwind. A lighter follow up visit the next season catches regrowth while it’s still small and cheap to remove.
Getting grass or pasture plants reestablished on cleared ground also helps. The more the soil is covered by something you want, the less room there is for the stuff you don’t. We’ll point out the problem spots at the end of the job so you know where to keep an eye out.
For bindweed, spurge, and the goatheads that show up on bare ground after clearing, a separate weed plan works better than another round of cutting. We can talk through that with you so the work you just paid for keeps paying off next season and the season after.
We walk the banks, fence lines, and acreage with you and mark which brush comes out and which plants stay.
Your free quote lists each clearing area, any root pulling, haul off, and an optional follow up visit for regrowth.
We cut and pull brush, keep cuttings out of ditches and rivers, and load material for removal as we go.
We walk the cleared ground with you, point out likely regrowth spots, and talk about whether a seasonal touch up makes sense.
