Kansas Tree Planting and Timber Stand Improvement Contractors, March 2021 About the List The Contracting Foresters list includes people with limited to extensive forestry knowledge and experience. Always use a professional, experienced or SAF certified forester to mark trees for thinning or to design tree plantings. KFS foresters and consulting foresters are available to mark trees and design tree plantings. An asterisk beside a contractor indicates they have had training from the KFS. Please contact the KFS (785-532-3310, [email protected]) if you are interested in forestry training. Name Phone/E-mail Area of Coverage Services Provided Bauman’s Pasture Maintenance (785) 489-2416 Within one hour of Custom shearing & piling, brush Joseph & Thaddeus Bauman* Westphalia mowing, fencing--dirt or rock, 27190 NW Arkansas Rd. clearing, portable sawmill Westphalia, KS 66093 B-K Tree Service (785) 567-4628 The High Plains Site preparation, machine tree & David Brandyberry* [email protected] shrub planting, fabric & drip 9461 Rd. W irrigation installation, follow up Lenora, KS 67645 maintenance & windbreak renovation Betts Enterprises (620) 252-5253 Eastern half of Kansas Timber harvest and timber stand Jacob Betts improvement Blackwell Creek Forestry (660) 973-2714 Eastern half of Kansas Timber sale marketing and Phil Sneed, Senior Forester [email protected] administration, forest inventory, 14435 LIV 251 www.blackwellcreekforestry.com forest management plans, food ploy Chillicothe, MO 64601 layout and wildlife management planning, prescribed burning, timber tax advice, GIS & mapping services, invasive species control, expert witness, timber stand improvement, hand tree planting Ben Bowers (808) 359-8808 Statewide Timber Stand Improvement Hillsboro, KS [email protected] *Has participated in training offered by Kansas Forest Service, Kansas State University and K-State Research & Extension Forestry Name Phone/E-mail Area of Coverage Services Provided Complete Ranching Outsouce LLC (217) 202-5585 Statewide Pasture clearing, prescribed burning, Tyler Galyen [email protected] fencing, timber stand improvement Jeff Cooper (785) 650-8168 Statewide Pasture clearing, timber stand Salina,KS [email protected] improvement, windbreak legacylandcare.com renovation, brush clearing, site preparation, food plots. Custom Forestry Applications (785) 547-7777 Northeast quarter of Timber stand improvement, hand Luke Terry* [email protected] Kansas tree planting, machine and tree & 2284 250th St. shrub planting, riparian forestry Robinson, KS 66532 management, herbicide application Custom Tree Care, Inc. 785-221-7550 Northeast KS Land clearing, forestry mulching, and Greg Gathers customtreecare.com (Statewide depending tree cutting 6021 SW 29th St., PMB 130 on size of job) Topeka, KS 66614 Dave’s Tree Services (785) 372-4449 (work) Western 2/3 of Kansas Tree planting, windbreak planting, Dave Oborny (785) 899-6992 (cell) and wildlife planting. Hand plant and 2606 Hwy 96 water. Rucsh Center, KS 67575 Ecotone Forestry, LLC (785) 241-9007 Eastern third of Kansas Tree planting, direct seeding, timber Ryan Neises* [email protected] stand improvement, herbicide P.O. Box 339 application, timber marketing, Ottawa, KS 66067 wildlife habitat improvement Enright Lawns (913) 238-4175 Eastern half of Kansas Pasture clearing, timber stand Don Enright [email protected] improvement *Has participated in training offered by Kansas Forest Service, Kansas State University and K-State Research & Extension Forestry Name Phone/E-mail Area of Coverage Services Provided Henry Ferguson (913) 406-5146 Linn County and Salvage, harvest and timber stand 23457 Ullery surrounding areas improvement services LaCygne, KS 66060 Hawley Lumber Co. (620) 473-3468 100 mile radius of Timber stand improvement George Hawley (620) 365-9744 Elsmore Ks 2770 Florida Rd. [email protected] Elsmore, KS 66749 Heartland Forest Consulting, LLC (573) 825-8252 Eastern third of Kansas Timber stand improvement, wildlife Chris Lohmann, CF [email protected] habitat improvement, management 301 Salinda Dr. http//www.hlforest.com planning, invasive species control, Ashland, MO 65010 herbicide application Independent Forestry Services (620) 878-4357 Statewide Timber stand improvement & Leonard Ellis* (620) 203-0731 (cell) reforestation 528 N. Barker Florence, KS 66851 John Dagley (417) 437-3873 Cherokee County Tree planting services P. O. Box 4721 (417) 624-2867 Joplin, MO 64803 Lee Green (620) 762-2533 SE, KS Timber stand improvement & tree 2423 10000 Rd [email protected] planting Oswego, KS 67356 Matt Smith (785) 713-9088 Marshall and Forest Stand Improvement Washington Counties *Has participated in training offered by Kansas Forest Service, Kansas State University and K-State Research & Extension Forestry Name Phone/E-mail Area of Coverage Services Provided Nathan Schippers 785-623-7554 Ellis, Trego, Rush, Tree/shrub plantings, windbreak Russell, and Rooks establishments, weed barrier fabric counties installation Pasture Clearing Solutions (620) 382-6947 Statewide Forestry mulching, underbrushing, Brad Klenda [email protected] traditional saw and grapple, stump 1671 300th om grinding, brush mowing Lincolnville, KS 66858 Quality Forest Management (573) 248-7713 (cell) Eastern half of Kansas Tree planting, timber stand Jeremy Wilson* (573) 735-7558 (home) improvement, timber harvest, 733 Stanton Ave. [email protected] planning, wildlife habitat Monroe City, MO 63456 www.qfmllc.com improvement, prescribed burning Richardson Tree Service 620-727-1267 Reno, Kingman, Pratt, Windbreak renovation, windbreak Marcus Richardson [email protected] Stafford, Rice, establishment, tree plantings, richardsontreesvc.com McPherson, Harvey, community tree inventories, rural and Sedgwick counties and urban tree care, biochar production and application Slezak Ag and Natural Resources 402-629-4459 Central and Western Appraisals, timber marking, wood Kim Slezak [email protected] Kansas utilization, tree loss assessments, slezakag.com timber stand/windbreak planning, community tree inventory Southeast Kansas Forestry Services (620) 515-2165 Eastern half of Kansas Forest management plans, timber David Stokesberry [email protected] stand improvement, timber PO Box 512 m harvesting, streamside management Coffeyville, KS 67337 zones, tree planting, herbicide application, timber taxation advise, other services as requested Southside Lumber Co. (660) 679-6129 East Central Kansas Timber stand improvement with tree 805 Rice Rd. [email protected] saw machine & marking timber for Butler, MO 64730 harvest & logging *Has participated in training offered by Kansas Forest Service, Kansas State University and K-State Research & Extension Forestry Name Phone/E-mail Area of Coverage Services Provided Third Fork Land Management (660) 535-4940 Eastern state and MO Business Services Mark Humphrey [email protected] 8671 NW Bowen Rd King City, MO 64463 Triple C Pasture Cleaning (785) 632-6060 Statewide Trim trees, Fence Lines & Spray to Cole Sorell (785) 955-2211 Prevent Regrowth Tom Maly Planting (870) 861-5524 Southeast quadrant Hand planting of trees and shrubs Tom Maly [email protected] HC 70 Box 561 Jasper, AR 72641 Twister Mud Company (316) 323-5317 Statewide Brush management, pasture clearing, Taylor Dehlinger www.twistermud.com timber stand improvement, cedar PO Box 191 tree revetment, other services as Eureka, KS 67045 requested Wildlife and Pasture Services of NCK (785) 313-2571 Northcentral Kansas Pasture clearing, spraying, timber Rocky Fahey [email protected] stand improvement Wycoff Tree Planting 620-546-3799 Central Kansas or Tree planting and weed barrier fabric Todd Wycoff statewide for larger installation projects *Has participated in training offered by Kansas Forest Service, Kansas State University and K-State Research & Extension Forestry .