We work across the county, from farms, horse properties and wooded acreage in the west to larger lots and waterfront properties in the east, including:

• Western and rural Prince William: Nokesville, Bristow, Haymarket, Gainesville, Catharpin, Independent Hill and the rural areas around Manassas

• Eastern Prince William: Woodbridge, Lake Ridge, Montclair and Occoquan

Much of our work is in the county's rural area, long known as the Rural Crescent. It covers about 80,000 acres, where 1 home per 10 acres was allowed, according to the Prince William Conservation Alliance. That's farms, horse properties and wooded lots, the kind of land forestry mulching is made for.

We also work in the neighboring counties of Fairfax, Loudoun, Stafford and Fauquier, and across the rest of Virginia, including the Eastern Shore.

• Forestry mulching: one machine cuts and grinds brush and small trees in place and spreads it back over the ground as mulch. No burning, no hauling and no brush piles left behind.

• Invasive species removal: clearing autumn olive, tree of heaven, Bradford pear, kudzu and other invasives, without herbicides for almost all of them.

• Land clearing: traditional clearing down to clean ground, with stumps and roots pulled, for houses, driveways and building pads.

• Tree removal: large, dead and hazardous trees, trees near homes and storm cleanup.

• Excavating and erosion and sediment control: grading, site prep, drainage and culverts, plus the silt fence and other controls your plan calls for.

Prince William County has about 51 million trees, and invasive species are part of that mix, according to the county's urban forest report. The three most common invasive trees in the county are autumn olive (about 552,000 trees), tree of heaven (about 315,000) and mimosa, also called Persian silk tree (about 275,000).

Even Prince William Forest Park in Triangle works to keep invasives like tree of heaven, multiflora rose, mile-a-minute, Japanese barberry and wisteria from taking over its native forest, according to the National Park Service.

The spotted lanternfly is established here too. Prince William County is no longer under state quarantine, and reporting is no longer required, according to the county's Virginia Cooperative Extension office. Because tree of heaven is the lanternfly's favorite host, removing it helps. Our Spotted Lanternfly page shows how to spot and control it.

We clear almost all invasives without chemicals. Tree of heaven is the one exception, and our Invasive Species Removal page explains why and what to do about it.

Prince William County has some of the strictest clearing rules in Virginia. Here's what the county's rules say:

• 2,500 square feet: disturbing 2,500 square feet or more of land for development, including clearing, needs county review before work starts, according to Prince William County Environmental Services. That's a little smaller than a typical tennis court.

• Land disturbance permit: when no other permit applies, a land disturbance permit covers areas from 2,500 up to 5,000 square feet. Larger areas need an approved plan, according to the county's Design and Construction Standards Manual.

• Streams, wetlands and floodplains: any disturbance in a floodplain or Resource Protection Area, even removing vegetation, needs approval from the county's Director of Public Works, no matter how small, according to the same manual.

• Farms: clearing land for legitimate agricultural purposes is exempt.

The cities of Manassas and Manassas Park have their own rules. During the estimate, we'll let you know what the law says for your property. The property owner is responsible for getting any permit or plan that's needed, and we install the silt fence and other controls it calls for. Because forestry mulching leaves no brush piles, there's nothing to burn.

"Kevin did an incredible job! He transformed my lot from a briar, thorn and dead tree filled lot into a park like setting... He made sure I understood the benefits of mulching vs other methods of lot clearing." —J. Brown, Gainesville, VA

"Very impressed with the mulching process as a lot of over growth and even fallen trees being gone... Very excited with the new look and clearing of my land!" —MilkZolo, Gainesville, VA

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Can you bring back an overgrown field or horse pasture? Yes. It's some of our most common work in Nokesville, Haymarket and the rest of western Prince William. We mulch the brush, cedars and invasive shrubs that have moved in, and leave the good trees standing. The mulch breaks down and feeds the soil, so the field can be mowed, grazed or reseeded.

Can you clear the brush and keep my trees? Yes. We walk the property with you, mark the trees you want to keep and clear everything else around them, so you're left with a clean, park-like setting.

My property has a stream or is near the Occoquan. Can I still clear it? Sometimes, with approval. In a floodplain or Resource Protection Area, even removing vegetation needs approval from the county first, no matter how small the area is. We'll let you know what the law says for your property before any work starts.

Do you haul anything away? With forestry mulching, no. The brush and small trees are ground into mulch and left on the ground, so there are no brush piles left behind and nothing to burn.

How long does a job take? It always comes back to the site conditions: how dense the forest is, the size of the trees, the slope and ground, access and the weather. A common rule of thumb in the industry is about an acre a day. Production mulching, where the goal is clearing the land as quickly as possible, is the fastest. A park-like setting, where we keep selected trees and leave a cleaner, more detailed finish, takes additional time. We'll walk your property and give you an estimated timeline along with your written price.

What does it cost? Every property is different, so we price each job after walking it. The price depends on how thick the brush is, the size of the trees, slope, access and total acreage. You'll get a written price before any work starts.

Call 540-408-2114 (7 AM to 7 PM, seven days a week) or use our contact form for a free on-site estimate.