If you’re a landowner with acreage, towering trees, and thick brush, you know how difficult it can be to maintain your property. A healthy forest is vital to reducing fire danger, improving soil quality, and encouraging trees to grow big and strong. It doesn’t have to take years to beautify your land or reduce fire danger. At New Mountain Forestry Land Management and Beautification we have extensive experience and the best tools in the business to transform your property in no time.
At New Mountain Forestry we have invested in the best equipment to get the job done quickly, saving you money and precious time. We use the Fecon FTX150, think of it as the Rolls Royce of heavy-duty forestry equipment. After walking your property with you and analyzing your needs, we get to work. The Fecon cuts down selected trees and bushes in a matter of seconds and turns them into mulch, which is then spread out over the forest floor.
By clearing the forest floor of overgrown bushes and unhealthy trees and returning them to the soil, we’re creating a healthier environment for you and the remaining trees. In just a few days, depending on your acreage and terrain, we will transform your forest into a park-like atmosphere, creating more space for you and your family to enjoy.
Forest Management 101
Forest Management is critical to the overall health of not only your forest but to the entire eco-system. Even though you have a set amount of acreage, how you manage your property can have a big impact on your neighbors, community, and region.
In a forest, trees compete with each other for sunlight, soil, water, and other resources. Over time, this competition can create weaker trees. So, who cares about weaker trees? Well, weak trees have weak roots that are more prone to toppling over and to disease infestation. By removing the weak trees, you reduce the competition for resources, and strong trees are able to grow, which improves the health of the entire forest.
Overall, forest management consists of thinning trees, reducing bushes, and other vegetation that can fuel a fire, and being aware of changes in the health of the trees, such as looking out for disease infestation and mitigating the spread. We work with the Department of Natural Resources to help identify areas of concern on your property and develop a plan to create a healthy, beautiful forest.
Benefits of Beautification
If you have acreage, chances are there are a few places you don’t even dare to walk through. Too many bushes, too many sharp branches scraping your legs, downright too much work! Imagine if you could take a stroll through all 5, 10, or 50 acres of your land like it’s a walk in the park. We can make that happen!
Clearing unhealthy trees and vegetation and returning them to the soil as mulch, creates a park-like atmosphere. By having more usable space on your land, you open up more opportunities for outdoor activities such a picnicking, cross-country skiing, hiking, mountain biking, walking, riding ATVs, UTV’s, dirt bikes, and more.
In some cases, beautifying a forest can also increase the value of your home.
Reducing Fire Danger
Reducing the risk of wildfires is important now more than ever. Living in the Inland Northwest, you know all about the thick wildfire smoke blanketing our region every summer and fall. This year, wildfires destroyed small towns and left hundreds of people without a home. In fact, 2020 marks the worst fire season ever recorded for Washington, Oregon, and California.
Fire danger is real. However, you can reduce the risk of wildfire to your property by properly managing your land.
Wildfires need fuel to spread and burn. Dead or weak trees, ground vegetation, bushes, and pine needles, are all good examples of wildfire fuels. These fuels create a lot of heat and it’s that heat combined with the flames that can destroy the healthy trees. By removing any excess fuels on the forest floor and limbing trees, you drastically reduce the chances of a fire spreading and moving onto your neighbor’s house. This is also referred to as creating defensible space.
When controlled, wildfires play an important part in the overall health of a forest. However, when a fire is out of control and threatening homes and lives, it’s a different story. The good news is you have an opportunity to create that defensible space, improve the health of your land, and beautify your acreage, well before there’s a threat of a wildfire.
Experience
As a kid, I worked alongside my dad, learning the science of selective logging. Selective logging is the process of identifying healthy trees and removing unhealthy trees. I was captivated by the process of transforming an unhealthy forest into space where trees and wildlife thrive. There is something special about breathing new life into a forest.
A few years ago, my passion for land management and beautification was reignited when a wildfire swept through our family property in North Spokane.
I can still hear the roar of the fire boss airplane, flying low over our property in North Spokane, and the gushing sound of water falling from the sky. Within minutes, dark smoke enveloped our acreage and flames destroyed a well-worn barn , that’d stood proud among the rolling fields for decades.
It took a week and the effort of more than 100 firefighters and five firefighting planes to finally contain the blaze. We are so thankful for the hard-working men and women who worked tirelessly to save our land. However, it came with a hefty price tag. By some estimates, it cost the state millions of dollars to fight this wildfire.
I knew right then, standing in the blackened soil and brittle trees, I wanted to help other landowners just like you to protect their property from wildfire and to create healthier forests.
I have extensive knowledge and training in identifying diseases and pests that most affect trees in our region, such as the invasive and destructive western pine beetle. I also work alongside the Washington State Department of Natural Resources to stay up to date on best land management practices.
Equipment
To provide the best service to our customers, we’ve invested in the best equipment. The Fecon FTX150 is our workhorse at New Mountain Forestry Land Management and Beautification. The Fecon is a heavy-duty tractor with a variety of razor-sharp attachments designed to cut down trees and turn them into mulch in a matter of seconds. The Fecon is the best in the business.
We are also able to limb trees, mulch bushes, stumps, logs, and other vegetation.
Because the Fecon is so efficient, we will save you time and money!
About Me
Hello, my name is Paul Nibarger and I’m the owner of New Mountain Forestry Management and Beautification. I’m a Spokane native, small business owner, husband, and father. I’m passionate about improving the health of a forest and transforming properties across our region into beautiful, usable spaces.
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