Kansas Tree Planting and Timber Stand Improvement Contractors September 2018 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 mowing, Joseph & Thaddeus Bauman* Westphalia fencing--dirt or rock, clearing, portable sawmill 27190 NW Arkansas Rd. Westphalia, KS 66093 B-K Tree Service (785) 567-4628 The High Plains Site preparation, machine tree & shrub planting, David Brandyberry* [email protected] fabric & drip irrigation installation, follow up 9461 Rd. W maintenance & windbreak renovation Lenora, KS 67645 Betts Enterprises (620) 252-5253 Eastern half of Kansas Timber harvest and timber stand improvement Jacob Betts Blackwell Creek Forestry (660) 973-2714 Eastern half of Kansas Timber sale marketing and administration, forest Phil Sneed, Senior Forester [email protected] inventory, forest management plans, food ploy 14435 LIV 251 www.blackwellcreekforestry.com layout and wildlife management planning, Chillicothe, MO 64601 prescribed burning, timber tax advice, GIS & mapping services, invasive species control, expert witness, timber stand improvement, hand tree planting *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 Ben Bowers (808) 359-8808 Statewide Timber Stand Improvement Hillsboro, KS [email protected] Complete Ranching Outsouce LLC (217) 202-5585 Statewide Pasture clearing, prescribed burning, fencing, Tyler Galyen [email protected] timber stand improvement Jeff Cooper (785) 650-8168 Statewide Pasture clearing, timber stand improvement, Salina,KS [email protected] windbreak renovation, brush clearing, site legacylandcare.com preparation, food plots. Custom Forestry Applications (785) 547-7777 Northeast quarter of Kansas Timber stand improvement, hand tree planting, Luke Terry* [email protected] machine and tree & shrub planting, riparian 2284 250th St. forestry management, herbicide application Robinson, KS 66532 Custom Tree Care, Inc. 785-221-7550 Northeast KS Land clearing, forestry mulching, and tree cutting Greg Gathers customtreecare.com (Statewide depending on size 6021 SW 29th St., PMB 130 of job) Topeka, KS 66614 John Dagley (417) 437-3873 Cherokee County Tree planting services P. O. Box 4721 (417) 624-2867 Joplin, MO 64803 Dave’s Tree Services (785) 372-4449 (work) Western 2/3 of Kansas Tree planting, windbreak planting, and wildlife Dave Oborny (785) 899-6992 (cell) planting. Hand plant and water. 2606 Hwy 96 Rucsh Center, KS 67575 *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 Ecotone Forestry, LLC (785) 241-9007 Eastern third of Kansas Tree planting, direct seeding, timber stand Ryan Neises* [email protected] improvement, herbicide application, timber P.O. Box 339 marketing, wildlife habitat improvement Ottawa, KS 66067 Enright Lawns (913) 238-4175 Eastern half of Kansas Pasture clearing, timber stand improvement Don Enright [email protected] Lee Green (620) 762-2533 SE, KS Timber stand improvement & tree planting 2423 10000 Rd [email protected] Oswego, KS 67356 Henry Ferguson (913) 406-5146 Linn County and surrounding Salvage, harvest and timber stand improvement 23457 Ullery areas services LaCygne, KS 66060 Hawley Lumber Co. (620) 473-3468 100 mile radius of Elsmore Ks Timber stand improvement George Hawley (620) 365-9744 2770 Florida Rd. [email protected] Elsmore, KS 66749 Heartland Forest Consulting, LLC (573) 825-8252 Eastern third of Kansas Timber stand improvement, wildlife habitat Chris Lohmann, CF [email protected] improvement, management planning, invasive 301 Salinda Dr. http//www.hlforest.com species control, herbicide application Ashland, MO 65010 Independent Forestry Services (620) 878-4357 Statewide Timber stand improvement & reforestation Leonard Ellis* (620) 203-0731 (cell) 528 N. Barker Florence, KS 66851 *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 Matt Smith (785) 713-9088 Marshall and Washington Forest Stand Improvement Counties Pasture Clearing Solutions (620) 382-6947 Statewide Forestry mulching, underbrushing, traditional Brad Klenda [email protected] saw and grapple, stump grinding, brush mowing 1671 300th Lincolnville, KS 66858 Quality Forest Management (573) 248-7713 (cell) Eastern half of Kansas Tree planting, timber stand improvement, timber Jeremy Wilson* (573) 735-7558 (home) harvest, planning, wildlife habitat improvement, 733 Stanton Ave. [email protected] prescribed burning Monroe City, MO 63456 www.qfmllc.com Southeast Kansas Forestry Services ( 620) 515-2165 Eastern half of Kansas Forest management plans, timber stand David Stokesberry [email protected] improvement, timber harvesting, streamside PO Box 512 management zones, tree planting, herbicide Coffeyville, KS 67337 application, timber taxation advise, other services as requested Southside Lumber Co. (660) 679-6129 East Central Kansas Timber stand improvement with tree saw 805 Rice Rd. [email protected] machine & marking timber for harvest & logging Butler, MO 64730 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 Prevent Cole Sorell (785) 955-2211 Regrowth *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 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, timber Taylor Dehlinger www.twistermud.com stand improvement, cedar tree revetment, other PO Box 191 services as requested Eureka, KS 67045 Wildlife and Pasture Services of NCK (785) 313-2571 Northcentral Kansas Pasture clearing, spraying, timber stand Rocky Fahey [email protected] improvement *Has participated in training offered by Kansas Forest Service, Kansas State University and K-State Research & Extension Forestry .