Land Management

Land management is not only beneficial to improve or clear construction sites, but it can also help with reducing the risk of wildfires. At Upper Valley Contracting, we provide the equipment and experience to help you stay in control of your property.

Benefits of Land Management

There are many reasons why people need help with land management. As an excavation business, we offer unique approaches to ensure a safe and improved area. Some land management we can help with includes:

Vegetation & Risk Management – With more growth and dead vegetation, an area is put at higher risk for wildfires. Reducing or clearing the organic matter provides a safer, more healthy landscape.
Construction Site Preparation – If a site is going to be built upon, then rocks, stumps, bushes, weeds, and other debris can cause problems for foundation-laying. By properly clearing the area, it can provide for safer and longer-lasting construction.
Agriculture & Ranching – Unmanaged land can cause problems with irrigation, fencing, growing crops, and grazing. To guarantee the best area for your farm and ranch, it’s best to get the land under control.
Erosion & Water Management – Stabilizing the land can help prevent risks like erosion, landslides, or flooding. Land management can help create retaining walls, drainage systems, and more compact earth for a better environment.
Road & Infrastructure Maintenance – It’s important to maintain trails, logging roads, roadways, highways, and driveways to ensure the safest travel and navigation.

How Upper Valley Can Help

Upper Valley Contracting has been serving Idaho and other states nationwide since 2000, providing home and business owners with top-tier excavation services. We have a wide variety of heavy equipment and machinery with the experience to accommodate multiple kinds of projects.

Land management can be extremely beneficial for construction, maintenance, and safety and we are happy to help your project go the smoothest it can. Some of the specific kinds of landscape management services we specialize in are:

Logging – Removal of certain trees, clear-cutting, or thinning for the purpose of collecting timber and helping with reforestation.
Land Clearing – Grading & leveling the land or removal of trees, stumps, rocks, and other natural debris to create an open and usable space for construction.
Biomass Fuels Reduction – Reduction of dead trees, underbrush, and other excess vegetation that could be fuel for wildfires to promote sustainability and safety.

What They Are Saying

Some of Our Projects

Our excavation work has brought us all over the United States doing a variety of kinds of projects. Here are a few of our prior land management projects:

Yale Kilgore Road Masticating and Thinning (Island Park, ID)
Improved quaking aspen groves and grazing allotments by masticating 120 acres of lodgepole and 230 acres of junipers. The project significantly enhanced water conservation, removing nearly 50,000 junipers, which could otherwise consume up to 1.5 million gallons of water annually.
BLM Challis & Medicine Lodge Road Maintenance (Challis, Willow Creek Summit, ID)(Medicine Lodge, ID)
Maintained 90 miles of dirt and gravel roads by cleaning ditches, re-establishing road crowns, hauling and compacting road base, and adhering to FP14 standards.
Salmon-Challis National Forest Seafoam Road Maintenance (Seafoam Road, Stanley, ID)
20 miles of road maintenance, including culvert replacement, grading, ditch cleaning, tree removal, and road widening to enhance public safety.