Our Services

Every piece of land has a story—and a purpose. Whether you're managing a working ranch, private hunting property, or large acreage homestead, having a clear, long-term plan for your land is essential.

Our Land Management Planning & Mapping services are designed to help property owners understand their landscape, set clear goals, and make informed decisions about vegetation, water, access, wildlife, and fire mitigation. We combine boots-on-the-ground experience with mapping tools like GPS and aerial imagery to give you a customized, visual plan for how to manage your property—short and long term.

We’ll walk your land with you, assess your current conditions, and create a practical, goal-based strategy that may include:

• Forest thinning zones

• Wildlife habitat enhancement areas

• Fire mitigation priority zones

• Trail or fence layout recommendations

• Water access or erosion control planning

• Equipment access paths or utility corridors

Every plan includes a custom map of your property and a clear, actionable summary of what to do, when to do it, and how to get it done.

Whether you want to improve the health of your land, increase its value, or simply be a better steward—we’ll help you manage it with purpose.

✅ Benefits of Land Management Planning & Mapping

📍 Clarity & Direction

• Understand exactly what your land needs and where to start

• Make informed decisions based on terrain, vegetation, and use

🔥 Improved Risk Management

• Prioritize areas that need fire mitigation, thinning, or fuel breaks

• Plan defensible zones and emergency access routes

🦌 Better Wildlife & Habitat Stewardship

• Identify where to enhance food, cover, and travel corridors

• Strategically plan cuts to support game movement and ecosystem health

💰 Maximize Property Value & Utility

• Design for multi-use: hunting, grazing, recreation, or conservation

• Increase land value through managed, purposeful layout and documentation

📉 Avoid Wasted Time & Money

• Prevent rework or unnecessary clearing

• Know where to use heavy equipment vs. manual work

• Ensure legal access, property lines, and easements are considered

📜 Documented Planning for Permits, Grants & Agencies

• Use your map and plan to apply for forestry cost-shares, grazing programs, or habitat grants

• Demonstrates proactive land stewardship to buyers or agencies

Wildfire mitigation is not stopping a wildfire from happening. It is means you are reducing the severity and impact of a fire on the landscape and your home.

Wildfire season is longer, hotter, and more destructive than ever. If you own land or property in Montana, creating defensible space isn't just a good idea—it's essential.

At Yellowstone Land Management, we specialize in wildfire mitigation and defensible space planning that’s tailored to your unique property, terrain, and risk level. Whether you’re a homeowner, rancher, or land steward, we help you reduce the risk of wildfire damage with strategic, science-backed vegetation management.

We assess the natural fuel loads around your home, structures, or high-risk zones, then create fuel breaks and spacing zones to stop or slow the spread of wildfire. Using a mix of hand tools, heavy equipment, and forestry knowledge, we remove ladder fuels, thin trees, reduce brush density, and create safer zones for you and your property.

Our work aligns with federal and state defensible space guidelines and can often support insurance and grant documentation needs.

You can’t stop the wind or lightning—but you can give your land a fighting chance.

✅ Benefits of Wildfire Mitigation & Defensible Space

🔥 Protect What Matters Most

• Reduce the risk of losing your home, buildings, or livestock in a wildfire

• Slow or stop the spread of flames toward structures or roads

• Give firefighters a safer, more effective space to defend your property

🌲 Improve Forest & Landscape Health

• Remove unhealthy, overcrowded, or dying vegetation

• Allow healthy trees and native species to thrive

• Restore balance to the ecosystem with strategic thinning

🚒 Increase Emergency Access & Visibility

• Clear roads, trails, and driveways for emergency vehicles

• Make escape routes safer and easier to navigate during a fire

📉 Lower Insurance Risk & Boost Eligibility

• Demonstrate proactive mitigation to your insurance provider

• Improve your chances of qualifying for or maintaining wildfire coverage

💰 Increase Property Value & Marketability

• Buyers and lenders are increasingly valuing fire-safe properties

• Well-managed land looks better and costs less to maintain long-term

📜 Meet Local & State Compliance

• Comply with state fire codes and defensible space requirements

• Help qualify for cost-share programs or fire mitigation grants

Healthy land starts with healthy forests—and smart vegetation management is the key to long-term land value, safety, and usability.

At Yellowstone Land Management, we provide strategic tree and brush management services for private landowners, ranchers, and rural property managers across Montana. Whether you need overgrown timber thinned, invasive brush removed, or visibility restored on your property, we’ll get the job done safely, efficiently, and with the health of your land in mind.

Our services include:

• Tree thinning & spacing for fire prevention and forest health

• Brush & undergrowth removal

• Selective clearing of invasive or non-native species

• Low-limb and ladder fuel removal

• View & visibility restoration around homes, trails, and fence lines

We assess every project based on your property goals—whether it’s fire safety, wildlife habitat, pasture expansion, or just reclaiming usable space—and we use a combination of heavy equipment, hand tools, and forestry best practices to get it done right.

We don’t just thin trees—we manage your landscape with purpose.

✅ Benefits of Tree & Vegetation Management

🌲 Promote Healthier Forests

• Reduce overcrowding and competition among trees

• Improve air flow, sunlight, and nutrient access for native species

• Prevent the spread of pests, disease, and rot

🔥 Lower Fire Risk

• Remove ladder fuels and reduce fuel load density

• Open up defensible zones around homes, barns, and structures

• Comply with state and local fire mitigation recommendations

🦌 Improve Wildlife Habitat

• Create better forage and movement corridors

• Enhance edge habitat and bedding zones for big game

• Control species that crowd out native food sources

🚜 Increase Access & Usability

• Clear trails, roads, and pasture edges for equipment or livestock

• Reclaim overgrown areas and improve visibility across your property

• Prep land for fencing, building, or future development

💰 Add Long-Term Property Value

• Well-managed vegetation increases curb appeal and usability

• Reduces future costs from unmanaged growth or storm damage

• Improves marketability to buyers, lessees, or conservation programs

Great habitat doesn’t happen by accident—it’s all about balance.

Whether you're managing for elk, deer, or upland game, the key to attracting and holding wildlife is having the right mix of food, water, cover, and space. If your land is overgrown or choked with brush and trees, it could be limiting the feed and visibility animals need to feel secure.

As avid bowhunters ourselves, we’re always looking for ways to improve habitat while we work. From thinning overcrowded timber to opening up bedding areas or enhancing travel corridors, we’ve helped landowners across Montana create healthier, more productive habitat—and we’ve seen the results firsthand.

Better habitat means better hunting, healthier game, and more wildlife on your land.

✅ Benefits of Wildlife Habitat Work

🌿 Support Healthier Wildlife Populations

• Improve forage by reducing competition from dense brush

• Increase sunlight and regeneration of native grasses and shrubs

• Create healthier environments for fawns, calves, and birds

🦌 Enhance Hunting Opportunities

• Encourage predictable movement with cleared travel corridors

• Improve line of sight and stand placement areas

• Increase holding power on your property with better bedding and feeding zones

🔥 Reduce Fire Risk While Enhancing Habitat

• Selective thinning and brush removal reduce ladder fuels

• Dual benefit: fire mitigation and habitat creation in one pass

🌲 Balance the Ecosystem

• Promote natural succession and plant diversity

• Encourage a wider variety of species (big game, upland birds, pollinators)

• Reduce invasive or low-value species crowding out habitat space

💰 Add Value to Your Property

• Well-managed habitat can increase land value and recreational lease potential

• Appeals to future buyers interested in conservation, ranching, or hunting

Your land should work for you—and that starts with access you can rely on.

Whether you're managing a large ranch, private hunting land, or recreational property, access is everything. At Yellowstone Land Management, we specialize in building custom trails and improving land accessibility in a way that’s both practical and sustainable.

We design and clear multi-use access routes for vehicles, livestock, ATVs, equipment, or foot traffic—always considering terrain, erosion control, and long-term impact. Our work opens up overgrown areas, connects key points on your property, and ensures you can navigate and manage your land safely and efficiently.

And because we believe in leaving the land better than we found it, we build with sustainability in mind—using low-impact methods, water-aware design, and thoughtful vegetation management to promote long-term land health.

Our services include:

• Custom trail design and building

• Clearing old or overgrown roads, trails, or utility corridors

• Access routes for fencing, livestock, feed, and equipment

• Slope stabilization, erosion control, and water flow improvements

• Strategic vegetation removal for balanced, usable terrain

• Multi-purpose access for recreation, fire mitigation, habitat work, or land monitoring

We don’t just make paths—we create lasting, low-maintenance systems that help you use, enjoy, and protect your land.

✅ Benefits of Trail Building & Land Access Improvements

🚶 Usability & Daily Function

• Reach every corner of your property safely and efficiently

• Improve movement for livestock, feed trucks, ATVs, or equipment

• Reclaim underused or neglected parts of your land

🌿 Environmental Stewardship

• Use low-impact methods that preserve natural features and reduce disturbance

• Support native vegetation and reduce invasive overgrowth

• Improve drainage, minimize erosion, and stabilize high-traffic areas

🔥 Emergency & Operational Access

• Build routes for fire mitigation, thinning, and emergency response

• Improve visibility and maneuverability for wildfire safety and defense

• Enable easier access for future land management or conservation work

🦌 Wildlife-Friendly Design

• Maintain healthy edges, travel corridors, and habitat connectivity

• Balance recreation and access with ecological sensitivity

💰 Property Value & Long-Term Savings

• Adds significant value to rural, recreational, or working land

• Reduces future maintenance costs through thoughtful layout and planning

• Appeals to buyers, lessees, and land trust partners

If you're a rancher, you know how costly and time-consuming it can be to maintain fence lines—especially when trees, brush, and debris limit access or cause damage. We clear overgrown vegetation along fences to reduce the risk of falling trees, fire damage, and future repairs.

We also open up neglected or hazardous roads, trails, and access routes—whether they're choked with brush or threatened by overhanging limbs. If you have powerlines running through overgrown terrain or backroads that need to be brought back to life, we’ll get them cleared and safe.

Better access. Less damage. Safer land.

✅ Benefits of Fence Line & Road Clearing

🔒 Protect Your Investment

• Prevent damage to fences from falling trees and overgrown brush

• Reduce costly repairs and replacements

• Increase the lifespan of existing fence infrastructure

🔥 Improve Wildfire Prevention

• Remove ladder fuels and overgrowth that can carry fire to structures

• Create defensible space along critical access routes

• Comply with fire safety regulations in high-risk areas

🚜 Enhance Access & Functionality

• Regain access to old roads, trails, and remote areas

• Improve access for equipment, livestock, and maintenance crews

• Keep boundary lines visible and manageable

🦌 Support Livestock & Wildlife Management

• Make it easier to monitor and move livestock

• Keep predators from using dense brush as cover near fences

• Improve habitat visibility for land and wildlife management

💰 Boost Property Value

• Clean, accessible land looks better and sells better

• Demonstrates well-managed land stewardship

• Attracts potential buyers or lessees for ranch and rural properties

⚡ Improve Safety Around Powerlines & Utilities

• Reduce fire risk near utility corridors

• Prevent outages from tree contact or storm damage

• Easier access for emergency and utility crews

Raising livestock isn’t just about animals—it’s about the land that supports them. Whether you're managing a large cattle operation or a small family herd, the way your land is laid out and maintained directly affects your livestock’s health, safety, and productivity.

At Yellowstone Land Management, we help ranchers and landowners prepare, maintain, and improve land for better livestock production. From opening up overgrown pastureland to clearing fence lines, building access routes, and managing vegetation that limits grazing—our work makes your operation more efficient, accessible, and profitable.

Our livestock-focused land services include:

• Clearing new or overgrown pasture

• Fence line and cross-fencing access prep

• Creating or improving water access routes

• Removing invasive or low-value vegetation

• Opening up alleys, working pens, and handling areas

• Building and maintaining access roads for feeding, rotation, and hauling

We approach every job with the mindset of a land steward and the experience of someone who’s worked side-by-side with real producers.

Better land equals better livestock—and better returns.

✅ Benefits of Livestock Production Services

🐂 Boost Grazing Efficiency

• Reclaim overgrown or underused pasture

• Improve forage growth by removing brush competition

• Enable more effective rotational grazing with better layout

🔧 Make Daily Work Easier

• Open up lanes for feed trucks, equipment, and trailers

• Clear safe paths for moving herds or accessing pens

• Reduce the time and labor it takes to maintain fence lines and water

🚧 Reduce Property Damage & Maintenance

• Remove trees and brush that destroy fencing or infrastructure

• Improve drainage and reduce erosion in heavy-use areas

• Increase visibility and reduce predator cover near livestock

💰 Increase Productivity & Profit

• Healthier land leads to healthier animals and better weight gain

• Less time fighting terrain means more time running your operation

• Improved infrastructure adds lasting value to your ranch property

📍 Plan for Growth & Long-Term Use

• Set your land up for expansion, leasing, or diversified production

• Identify future handling areas, barn pads, or hay storage sites

• Build toward a more manageable and sustainable ranch layout

All vegetative management improves water supply.

Reliable water is the foundation of any productive piece of land—whether it’s used for livestock, wildlife, irrigation, or fire protection. At Yellowstone Land Management, we help landowners develop, and improve water sources on your property.

Our water development services are built for real-world conditions. Whether you’re dealing with seasonal creeks, dry pastures, spring-fed valleys, we design and build practical systems that bring water where you need it most.

We work with you to evaluate your land’s natural water features and develop long-term solutions that may include:

• Spring development or protection

• Recommend tank or trough placement for livestock or wildlife

• Overflow, drainage, and erosion control

• Access roads or cleared paths to water sources

• Strategic layout for grazing rotation, fire preparedness, or habitat support

From ranch infrastructure to habitat restoration—we’ll help you manage water like the critical resource it is.