Private Land Owners - Fire Mitigation and Mulching

With Wildfires constantly threatening private property in Colorado, the cost of defending homes has reached record highs.  Every year it seems more and more homes are lost due to fires that could have been prevented, and homeowners are left wishing they had done more to prepare.  Let us help.  We offer customized Fire Mitigation solutions designed to meet your specific needs.  

• Defensive Space - Give your home a fighting chance by slowing a wildfire before it hits your home. Let us create a defensible space around your home that meets the Fire Safety recommendations of Bureau of Land Management, National Forest Service, and Local Firefighting Organizations. 
• Fuel Reduction - Help prevent a wildfire and slow fire spread by letting us remove flammable vegetation.  Undergrowth, dead grass, broken limbs, and  dead-fall trees create a "fuel rich" environment.  Those conditions can result in rapid fire development from even the smallest ignition source.
• Fire Breaks - Fire breaks slow fire spread and greatly assist firefighters in quickly gaining control over a fire.  Firebreaks can be established around specific areas to preserve valuable property or set in general grids to create a fire safe habitat for domestic animals and plant life.

Several major Insurance companies offer some form of discounts for Wildfire Insurance on Home Owner Policies, when Fire Mitigation has been performed and documented.  In addition, the State of Colorado offers a tax exemption of up to $2,500 Professional Fire Mitigation services performed on your residence.  Save your home, protect your family, and save money all at the same time.  Call us for more information.

So many homeowners find their property overgrown with unwanted vegetation such as willows, scrub-oak, or brush.  That growth often stops property owners from using their land to its full potential.  We offer the ability to clear nuisance vegetation from around your property.  Our specialty machinery can remove any of that unwanted growth quickly, efficiently, and  without tearing up your property or rendering it useless.  This serves not only to decrease the risk of fire, but it creates additional usable space for planting grass, building a shed or gazebo, or even just improving your view.  If this is you give us a call!

Fire naturally clears away dead or dying plant life, reduces harmful vegetation, prevents insect infestation, and revitalizes the soil.  Of course for obvious safety reasons, we have to make every reasonable effort to stop fires anywhere we can.  Unfortunately those efforts have a potentially devastating side effect.  Our forests and lands have become overwhelmed with undergrowth, dead vegetation, and harmful plant life.  Not only does that increase the risk of a more devastating wildfire, it also creates an environment where natural plant life is unhealthy or dying.  Unhealthy forests and lands promotes insect infestation and harmful nuisance plants like weeds or thorn-bushes.   Those unhealthy growths soak up the much needed moisture, depriving trees and natural plant-life from growing and remaining strong.  That leads to more dead vegetation and unhealthy growth.  Its a vicious cycle that continues to get worse until all that is left are weeds and dead infested trees.

In the same way that we put so much effort into preventing the fires, we need to take responsibility for our land and forests; caring for their health ourselves where we do not allow fires to do their job.  APEX Land management can help with that chore.  Our process quickly and efficiently removes unhealthy vegetation, reduces it into easily decomposing mulch, and spreads it back across the ground so that those nutrients can be reabsorbed in a healthy manner.  In addition, our finished product retains moisture and allows healthy plants the opportunity to grow stronger.  Call us for more information.

If there is one place you should feel safe, its in your own home and on your own property.  Unfortunately we often spend all our time and effort guarding against the obvious threats with lighting, alarms, and so on.  However those things do nothing to protect you or your family from the less obvious, but often more immediate threats. Wild and unhealthy vegetation often attracts rodents, snakes, and other varmints.  Mosquitoes, ticks, beetles, and other harmful insects are another common side effect of failing to properly manage your land. These unwanted insects and varmints are commonly associated with disease and illness for your family and pets.  They also significantly impact your quality of life.

On the other side of the same coin, failing to manage your property raises serious safety concerns with wildfires, allows dangerous animals like bears or Mountain Lions to approach and hide nearby, and creates hazards when you are attempting to enjoy your property.  Stumps can damage lawn mowers or create trip / fall hazards for children.  Overgrown trees or bushes make it difficult to keep a watchful eye on your children.

Whatever your health or safety concern, let us develop a solution that will address those concerns, without tearing up your property.  Give us a call to learn more.