(479) 480-6400

Land clearing and forestry mulching in Northeast Arkansas

Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service clears brush, timber, overgrown fence lines, and field edges in all seven Northeast Arkansas counties: Randolph, Lawrence, Clay, Greene, Craighead, Mississippi, and Poinsett.

Call (479) 480-6400 Find your town, A to Z

A short recording answers first. Press 1 and you're put through.

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Frame 01Northeast Arkansas24/7
Counties
7Randolph, Lawrence, Clay, Greene, Craighead, Mississippi, and Poinsett
Towns we serve here
6917 of them with a page of their own
Ecoregions
3River plain, Crowley's Ridge, and the Ozark edge, on the EPA's map
Nearest listing to Jonesboro
Greenbrier104 miles in a straight line; travel is listed on every quote

Two promises for every job in Northeast Arkansas

Towns here sit 78 to 148 miles from our Greenbrier listing in a straight line, and both promises hold for every one of them.

  1. 01Every call or text gets a call back the same working day, from the person running your job.
  2. 02Your quote comes with a start week. If the weather moves it, we call you.

Northeast Arkansas towns we serve, A to Z

All 69 towns below are ours to clear, from Alicia to Wilson. The 17 with a page of their own are linked.

  • Clay County10 towns
  • Craighead County11 towns
  • Greene County5 towns
  • Lawrence County13 towns
  • Mississippi County15 towns
  • Poinsett County8 towns
  • Randolph County7 towns
    • Alicia, Lawrence Co.
    • Bassett, Mississippi Co.
    • Bay, Craighead Co.
    • Beech Grove, Greene Co.
    • Biggers, Randolph Co.
    • Black Oak, Craighead Co.
    • Black Rock, Lawrence Co.
    • Blytheville, Mississippi Co.
    • Bono, Craighead Co.
    • Brookland, Craighead Co.
    • Datto, Clay Co.
    • Delaplaine, Greene Co.
    • Dell, Mississippi Co.
    • Driver, Mississippi Co.
    • Dyess, Mississippi Co.
    • Egypt, Craighead Co.
    • Etowah, Mississippi Co.
    • Fisher, Poinsett Co.
    • Frenchmans Bayou, Mississippi Co.
    • Greenway, Clay Co.
    • Joiner, Mississippi Co.
    • Jonesboro, Craighead Co.
    • Keiser, Mississippi Co.
    • Knobel, Clay Co.
    • Lafe, Greene Co.
    • Lake City, Craighead Co.
    • Leachville, Mississippi Co.
    • Lepanto, Poinsett Co.
    • Luxora, Mississippi Co.
    • Lynn, Lawrence Co.
    • Manila, Mississippi Co.
    • Marked Tree, Poinsett Co.
    • Marmaduke, Greene Co.
    • Maynard, Randolph Co.
    • McDougal, Clay Co.
    • Minturn, Lawrence Co.
    • Monette, Craighead Co.
    • Okean, Randolph Co.
    • Osceola, Mississippi Co.
    • Paragould, Greene Co.
    • Peach Orchard, Clay Co.
    • Piggott, Clay Co.
    • Pocahontas, Randolph Co.
    • Pollard, Clay Co.
    • Portia, Lawrence Co.
    • Powhatan, Lawrence Co.
    • Ravenden, Lawrence Co.
    • Ravenden Springs, Randolph Co.
    • Rector, Clay Co.
    • Reyno, Randolph Co.
    • Rivervale, Poinsett Co.
    • Saffell, Lawrence Co.
    • Smithville, Lawrence Co.
    • State University, Craighead Co.
    • Strawberry, Lawrence Co.
    • Success, Clay Co.
    • Trumann, Poinsett Co.
    • Tyronza, Poinsett Co.
    • Walnut Ridge, Lawrence Co.
    • Warm Springs, Randolph Co.
    • Weiner, Poinsett Co.
    • West Ridge, Mississippi Co.
    • Wilson, Mississippi Co.
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Frame 02Field ditchCulvert

Flat river land, one long ridge, and the edge of the Ozarks

Three of Arkansas's seven Level III ecoregions cover Northeast Arkansas. Of the 69 towns we serve here, 49 sit on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain, 12 sit on the Ozark Highlands, and 8 sit on Crowley's Ridge.

Crowley's Ridge rises out of the plain through Jonesboro, Paragould, and Piggott. The Ozark side covers the western parts of Randolph and Lawrence counties.

  1. Mississippi Alluvial Plain

    Level III ecoregion 73, 49 towns

    Most of the region is nearly level river land, now mostly in soybeans, cotton, corn, and rice. Around Blytheville, Osceola, and Marked Tree, old Mississippi River channels leave well-drained levee soils that grade to very heavy, poorly drained clay in the swales. The St. Francis Lowlands around Trumann, Lake City, and Manila carry sand sheets, plus sand blows and sunk lands left by the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812. West of Crowley's Ridge, the terraces around Walnut Ridge, Hoxie, and Harrisburg sit high enough that they're rarely if ever flooded. Along the Black River near Corning and Portia, some of the largest stands of native bottomland hardwood forest left on the plain still grow.

    Towns hereAlicia, Bassett, Bay, Biggers, Black Oak, Blytheville, Bono, Brookland, Caraway, Cash, Corning, Datto, Delaplaine, Dell, Driver, Dyess, Egypt, Etowah, Fisher, Frenchmans Bayou, Greenway, Harrisburg, Hoxie, Joiner, Keiser, Knobel, Lake City, Leachville, Lepanto, Luxora, Manila, Marked Tree, McDougal, Minturn, Monette, Okean, Osceola, Peach Orchard, Portia, Rector, Reyno, Rivervale, Success, Trumann, Tyronza, Walnut Ridge, Weiner, West Ridge, and Wilson

  2. Ozark Highlands

    Level III ecoregion 39, 12 towns

    In western Randolph and Lawrence counties, around Pocahontas, Imboden, Black Rock, and Ravenden, the land rises into the Central Plateau of the Ozarks. It's undulating to hilly ground over cherty dolomite and limestone, with karst features such as sinkholes. The natural cover is oak-hickory and oak-hickory-pine forest, with scattered cedar glades on shallow, rocky, droughty soils. Today most of it is pasture, hayland, and housing, with woods left on the steeper slopes.

    Towns hereBlack Rock, Imboden, Lynn, Maynard, Pocahontas, Powhatan, Ravenden, Ravenden Springs, Saffell, Smithville, Strawberry, and Warm Springs

  3. Mississippi Valley Loess Plains

    Level III ecoregion 74, 8 towns, all on Crowley's Ridge

    Jonesboro, Paragould, and Piggott sit on Crowley's Ridge, a chain of hills capped with loess (windblown silt) that rises up to 500 feet above the flat plain. The soils are generally well drained and more loamy than the lowlands on either side. Wooded land and pasture are common and cropland is limited. The forests are oak and beech, with shortleaf pine on the sandier soils of the northern ridge.

    Towns hereBeech Grove, Jonesboro, Lafe, Marmaduke, Paragould, Piggott, Pollard, and State University

Sources: U.S. EPA, Level III and IV Ecoregions of Arkansas (Woods and others, 2004), as adapted in Section 3 of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Wildlife Action Plan. We placed each town by its center point on the Arkansas GIS Office's ECOREGIONS_EPA_2004 map layer.

What the ground changes on your job

Clay that holds water

Nearly flat, clayey, poorly drained soils are widespread across the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, and the loess capping Crowley's Ridge is subject to vertical sloughing when wet. If the ground is too wet to work without rutting, we tell you and reschedule.

Soils: U.S. EPA, Ecoregions of Arkansas, 2004, in the AGFC Wildlife Action Plan, Section 3
What grows back

Some brush keeps coming back after the first pass. The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture calls greenbrier, the thorny vine, hard to control whatever the method, with about 75% control a year after treatment and follow-up treatments essential. Blackberry and dewberry need a follow-up treatment the next year too. Before we quote, we tell you what the ground will look like the day we leave and what it will need afterwards to keep the brush from coming back.

Source: University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Pasture Weed Control in Arkansas (MP522)

Arkansas rules that can touch clearing in Northeast Arkansas

On the first visit we tell you which Arkansas rules may touch your job (burn bans, the 1-acre stormwater permit, septic permits) and who handles each.

  1. Burn bans

    Burn bans are set county by county. The county judge in each of the seven counties here declares them, so Craighead County can be under a ban while Greene County isn't. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture's Forestry Division keeps every county's status on its wildfire danger and burn ban map.Source: Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division

  2. Stormwater

    Clearing, grading, or excavating that disturbs 1 acre or more falls under Arkansas DEQ's construction stormwater permit, ARR150000. From 1 acre to under 5, coverage is automatic, but the site posts a notice and keeps a stormwater plan. At 5 acres or more, a Notice of Intent is filed before work starts.Source: Arkansas DEQ, construction stormwater permits, ARR150000 renewal effective November 1, 2026

  3. Wetlands

    The Mississippi Alluvial Plain holds the largest continuous system of wetlands in North America. Mechanized land clearing in a wetland can need U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approval under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and Arkansas DEQ refers wetland questions to the Corps.Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Section 404; Arkansas DEQ, NPDES questions; U.S. EPA, Ecoregions of Arkansas, 2004

What we do across Northeast Arkansas

Ten services, one crew, and one written quote. We have the equipment for any land clearing or earth-moving job, on the ridge or out on the flat ground.

Northeast Arkansas land clearing questions

What landowners from Walnut Ridge to Osceola ask before a clearing crew comes out.

Will you call me back if I leave a message?

Yes, the same working day. Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service returns every call or text that day, from the person running your job. For Northeast Arkansas, call or text the Greenbrier line, (479) 480-6400. That listing is 104 miles from Jonesboro in a straight line.

Do I need a permit to clear land on my property?

Only for some jobs. Clearing that disturbs 1 acre or more falls under Arkansas DEQ's ARR150000 construction stormwater permit, and mechanized clearing in a wetland can need U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approval. On the first visit, Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service tells you which Arkansas rules may touch your job and who handles each.

Does clearing include hauling the brush and logs away?

Only if your quote says so. With Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service, your written quote says what happens to every bit of cut material: mulched in place, piled, or hauled away. We walk the site with you before we call the job done.

Will forestry mulching leave stumps?

It can, and your quote tells you how. A Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service quote says how the stumps will be left (ground level, below grade, or removed) and about how thick the mulch will be. We check it with you at the walkthrough.

Who fixes ruts and washouts after the work?

We do, for any ruts we make. With Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service, any ruts we make are smoothed before we leave. If we damage anything (a fence, a gate, a line, a culvert), we tell you before we leave that day, and the fix goes in writing.

Our nearest listing to Jonesboro

We come out to your land in every Northeast Arkansas county. The map shows our Greenbrier listing, 104 miles from Jonesboro in a straight line.

  • Greenbrier line: all seven Northeast Arkansas counties, from Pocahontas to Blytheville(479) 480-6400
  • Hindsville line: Northwest Arkansas(479) 304-0400
  • Hot Springs line: Hot Springs and the Ouachitas(501) 547-8816

All three lines reach the same crew. A short recording answers first. Press 1 and you're put through.

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Other Arkansas regions we work

Every region page lists its towns, A to Z, and the line nearest them.

Northwest Arkansas

Benton, Washington, Madison, and Carroll counties

Arkansas River Valley

Crawford, Sebastian, Franklin, Logan, Johnson, Scott, Pope, and Yell counties

Ozarks and North Central

Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Baxter, Stone, Izard, Fulton, Sharp, Van Buren, and Cleburne counties

White River Valley

Independence, Jackson, White, and Woodruff counties

Arkansas Delta

Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis, Lee, Phillips, Monroe, Prairie, and Arkansas counties

Central Arkansas

Pulaski, Faulkner, Saline, Lonoke, Perry, Conway, and Grant counties

Hot Springs and the Ouachitas

Garland, Montgomery, Hot Spring, Clark, Pike, and Polk counties

Southwest Arkansas

Miller, Hempstead, Little River, Sevier, Howard, Lafayette, and Nevada counties

South Arkansas

Union, Columbia, Ouachita, Calhoun, Dallas, Bradley, and Cleveland counties

Southeast Arkansas

Jefferson, Lincoln, Drew, Ashley, Chicot, and Desha counties

Towns we serve, A to Z

Every Arkansas town with its own page, and the line nearest each one

Tell us about your land in Northeast Arkansas

(479) 480-6400
Call or text our Greenbrier line. The person running your job calls back the same working day.

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