Brush Clearing In Aitkin, MN

Working around the river's schedule

The Mississippi floods at Aitkin, and low ground near it can sit wet well after the water drops. There is no point fighting that. River edge brush jobs go on the calendar for a dry late summer, a firm fall or solid winter frost. Upland woods can be done in most months. Calvin will tell you which part of your land fits which season.

Some of that low ground is floodplain, shoreland or wetland. Aitkin County Environmental Services is the county planning and zoning office, and it handles shoreland, wetland and land use permit questions. Ask there before brush near the river or a creek comes out. Inside city limits, check with the City of Aitkin too. The Minnesota DNR covers public waters.

Brush on hunting land and wooded acreage

A lot of land around Aitkin is owned for deer season. The usual complaint is that the woods have grown so thick you cannot see past the stand. We thin the understory in the spots you pick and keep the cover deer use for bedding. Lanes, stand trails and small openings fall under hunting land clearing.

Toward McGregor the country turns boggy, with ridges of high ground between the wet spots. Our McGregor page covers that kind of parcel.

After the brush is gone

You walk out onto open ground covered with chips, and the trees you kept stand clear. Willow and alder will push up new shoots from the roots. Mow or trim them during the first seasons, or have us come back for a light pass. Kept down for a few years, the sprouts lose steam and the open ground holds.