Professional forestry mulching services in Arundel, Maine

Serving Arundel, Maine

Forestry Mulching in Arundel, Maine

Lot, field and trail clearing in Arundel, planned around the shoreland rules that come with the Kennebunk River and the streams on your land.

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Clearing Land in Arundel

Arundel sits between Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Biddeford, with Lyman to the northwest. The Kennebunk River runs through town, and a 2010 FEMA flood elevation notice for York County lists the river in Arundel, near Old Boston Road. On land along the river, a stream or a wetland, Maine's shoreland rules can limit how much is cut and where.

Away from the water, forestry mulching suits clearing a building site, reclaiming a field edge that has filled in with saplings, opening a woods road or walking trail, or cutting brush back from a property line. A single machine cuts and grinds as it goes, and the mulch stays spread over the ground rather than getting hauled off.

The Rules Where You Live

Each Maine town enforces shoreland zoning through its own ordinance, and the numbers below are Maine's minimum standards. Arundel's own rules can be stricter, and where they are, they apply. Under state law, the shoreland zone covers land within 250 feet of a great pond, a river or the upland edge of a wetland, and within 75 feet of a stream.

Maine DEP says the local code enforcement officer is typically the first point of contact. The state's minimum clearing standards:

A vegetation buffer of 100 feet along great ponds and rivers that flow to great ponds, and generally 75 feet along other waters and wetlands, where cutting has to leave a well-distributed stand of trees and other vegetation.
Inside the buffer, no clear-cut openings in the canopy over 250 square feet, and no more than 40% of the volume of trees 4 inches and up removed in any ten years.
Plants under three feet tall and other ground cover stay in the buffer.
Beyond the buffer, clearings can't exceed 25% of the lot area or 10,000 square feet, whichever is greater.

Before work near a river, stream or wetland in Arundel, we confirm with the town what applies to your land. This is general information, not legal advice, and the town's own ordinance has the final word.

Who to Call in Arundel

Town of Arundel(opens in a new tab)
Ask for Code Enforcement about shoreland and land use permits
arundelmaine.org
Arundel Land Use Ordinance(opens in a new tab)
The town's own zoning and land use rules
arundelmaine.org
Maine DEP, clearing in the shoreland zone(opens in a new tab)
The statewide minimum standards
maine.gov

Arundel Questions

Who decides what I can clear near the Kennebunk River?

The town does. Maine DEP says shoreland zoning is administered and enforced by each municipality, with the local code enforcement officer typically the first point of contact. State law sets the shoreland zone at 250 feet from a river and 75 feet from a stream. Which one applies to your stretch of water is a question for the town, and Arundel's ordinance can be stricter. We confirm with the town what applies before any work near the river.

How much can I thin along a brook on my land?

Under Maine's minimums, a stream's shoreland zone and its vegetation buffer both reach 75 feet. Inside that strip, cutting has to leave a well-distributed stand of trees, canopy openings can't top 250 square feet, and plants under three feet stay. Arundel can set tighter limits than that floor. We don't clear-cut shorelines, and we confirm with the town what applies first.

Can you open up a field that has grown in with saplings?

Yes. Outside the shoreland zone, that's a good fit for forestry mulching. Saplings, brush and brambles are ground up where they stand, and the mulch stays on the field, so you can get back to mowing. Any part of the field within the shoreland zone of the Kennebunk River, a stream or a wetland can fall under the limits above, so that part gets checked with the town first.

How We Work

One machine, no hauling. The mulcher grinds brush and small trees into mulch that stays on site as ground cover.
Erosion control planned in. Near water and on slopes, we plan around Maine's erosion and sedimentation control practices and confirm the local rules before work begins.
A remote-controlled mulcher for steep slopes and sensitive spots, so the operator can work from a distance.

Arundel Forestry Mulching Pricing

Most residential Arundel projects fall between $2,000 and $3,000. Every lot is different, so the final cost comes down to how much you're clearing, the type of growth, the slope, and how close the work is to your house or the water.

Lighter jobs run less, bigger or tougher ones run more. Quotes are always free with no hidden fees, and you'll have the exact number before we start.