River Forks Land Clearing
About River Forks Land Clearing
River Forks Land Clearing is a family owned business based in rural Louisa County, Iowa, near Columbus Junction. They clear brush and unwanted trees rather than buy or sell timber, so if you're looking for someone to cruise and sell sawtimber, this isn't that. What they do is take overgrown land back to pasture, cropland, or usable ground. The work covers tree removal, pasture clearing, CRP cleanup, invasive species removal, field edge trimming, and ATV trail building. The species they name cutting are multi-flora rose, cedar trees, honeysuckle, mulberries, and thorny locust trees, the kind of brush and junk trees that choke out a fence line or pasture rather than standing timber worth selling. They own and run their own equipment and say they are insured. Their process starts with a sit-down: "We sit down with you, the landowner or manager, to discover your vision and turn it into reality." From there they quote the job and do the clearing, mulching, or trail work themselves. They serve commercial, residential, agricultural, and recreational land throughout Iowa and Northern Missouri, and describe their aim as helping bring back "the beauty and productivity of your land." This fits a landowner sitting on acreage grown up in brush, cedar, or invasive trees who wants it cleared, reclaimed for pasture or CRP, or opened up for trails, not someone looking to sell merchantable timber off the land. From riverforkslandclearing.com, read 10 October 2026.
Can they handle a timber sale?
Selling standing timber properly takes three things. Here's what the state register credits this firm with.
Timber AppraisalAn estimate of what your standing timber is worth in dollars, based on how much there is, its quality, and current prices. When you are selling, settling an estate, dividing property, or need a value for taxes or insurance.What does this mean? → — not listed
works out what your standing timber is worth
Timber Cruise & Volume EstimateA field measurement of your standing trees — their species, sizes, and quality — that adds up to how much wood you actually have. Before you sell, so you go in knowing roughly what is out there rather than taking a buyer's word for it.What does this mean? → — not listed
measures and grades what's actually out there
Timber Sale & Contract AdministrationRunning the sale for you: advertising the timber, taking bids, writing the contract, and overseeing the logging so the agreed terms are met. When you want someone on your side handling the whole sale rather than dealing with buyers and loggers yourself.What does this mean? → — not listed
runs the sale and handles the contract
This firm isn't credited with all three, which doesn't make it a worse forester — plenty specialise in management planning, wildlife or wetlands. It does mean that if your goal is to sell timber, you'd likely need someone else for the part that's missing.
Everything they're registered for
River Forks Land Clearing
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