(501) 547-8816

Land clearing and forestry mulching in Southeast Arkansas

Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service clears overgrown land, brush, and timber in all six Southeast Arkansas counties: Jefferson, Lincoln, Drew, Ashley, Chicot, and Desha.

Call (501) 547-8816 Find your town, A to Z

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Aerial view of a large cleared lot of bare ground cut out of mixed pine and hardwood forest
Frame 01Southeast Arkansas24/7
Counties
6Jefferson, Lincoln, Drew, Ashley, Chicot, and Desha
Towns we serve here
37From Altheimer to Yorktown
Ecoregions
2The South Central Plains and the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, on the EPA's map
Nearest listing to Pine Bluff
Hot Springs55 miles in a straight line; your quote lists travel

What you get from the first call, Pine Bluff to Eudora

Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service keeps these two in all six counties, on a fence line or a full tract.

  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.

Every Southeast Arkansas town we serve, A to Z

We work in all 37 towns below, across six counties. Nine have a page of their own, and those are linked.

  • Ashley County7 towns
  • Chicot County3 towns
  • Desha County8 towns
  • Drew County3 towns
  • Jefferson County12 towns
  • Lincoln County4 towns
    • Crossett, Ashley Co.
    • Dermott, Chicot Co.
    • Dumas, Desha Co.
    • Eudora, Chicot Co.
    • Fountain Hill, Ashley Co.
    • Gould, Lincoln Co.
    • Grady, Lincoln Co.
    • Lake Village, Chicot Co.
    • McGehee, Desha Co.
    • Monticello, Drew Co.
    • Montrose, Ashley Co.
    • Moscow, Jefferson Co.
    • Parkdale, Ashley Co.
    • Pickens, Desha Co.
    • Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co.
    • Portland, Ashley Co.
    • Redfield, Jefferson Co.
    • Reydell, Jefferson Co.
    • Rohwer, Desha Co.
    • Sherrill, Jefferson Co.
    • Snow Lake, Desha Co.
    • Star City, Lincoln Co.
    • Sulphur Springs, Jefferson Co.
    • Tillar, Desha Co.
    • Tucker, Jefferson Co.
    • Wabbaseka, Jefferson Co.
    • Watson, Desha Co.
    • White Hall, Jefferson Co.
    • Wilmar, Drew Co.
    • Wilmot, Ashley Co.
    • Winchester, Drew Co.
    • Wright, Jefferson Co.
    • Yorktown, Lincoln Co.
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Frame 02Sandy laneYoung pines

Pine country in the west, flat river land in the east

Southeast Arkansas sits on two of the state's seven Level III ecoregions. Eleven of the towns here stand in the pine woods of the South Central Plains, and the other 26 stand on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

Redfield, Pine Bluff, Monticello, and Crossett are on the pine side. Dumas, McGehee, Dermott, and Lake Village are on the flat side, where cropland covers most of the ground today.

  1. Mississippi Alluvial Plain

    Level III ecoregion 73, 26 towns

    These 26 towns sit on flat to nearly flat floodplain left by the Arkansas, Ouachita, and Mississippi rivers. Around Dumas, McGehee, Gould, and Altheimer, the backswamps collect water into marshes, sloughs, and oxbow lakes, and drainage ditches are common. Willow oak and water oak are the native trees there. Near Grady, Tucker, and Wilmot, the old Arkansas River courses have well-drained levee soil that turns to heavy, poorly drained clay in old channels and swales. Lake Village and Eudora sit on Macon Ridge, which is better drained. Loblolly pine isn't native to most of these forests.

    Towns hereAltheimer, Arkansas City, Dermott, Dumas, Eudora, Gould, Grady, Lake Village, McGehee, Montrose, Moscow, Parkdale, Pickens, Portland, Reydell, Rohwer, Sherrill, Snow Lake, Tillar, Tucker, Wabbaseka, Watson, Wilmot, Winchester, Wright, and Yorktown

  2. South Central Plains

    Level III ecoregion 35, 11 towns

    West of the river flats, more than three quarters of the South Central Plains is still wooded. Redfield, Sulphur Springs, Star City, and Monticello sit on rolling hills of loosely packed sand, silt, and gravel, much of it planted in commercial pine. Pine Bluff, White Hall, Wilmar, Hamburg, Fountain Hill, and Crossett sit lower, on old river terraces. That ground is nearly level, poorly drained, and wet at times, under flatwoods of loblolly pine and oak.

    Towns hereCrossett, Fountain Hill, Hamburg, Jefferson, Monticello, Pine Bluff, Redfield, Star City, Sulphur Springs, White Hall, and Wilmar

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

What the ground changes on your job

Clay and wet terraces

Heavy clay in the old river channels, and the wet terraces under Pine Bluff and Crossett, drain poorly. If the ground is too wet to work without rutting, we tell you and reschedule. Any ruts we make are smoothed before we leave.

Soils: AGFC Wildlife Action Plan, Section 3, from U.S. EPA, Ecoregions of Arkansas, 2004
Brush that comes back

Blackberry and greenbrier vine are slow to quit. The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture plans a follow-up spray the year after treating blackberry, and expects about 75 percent control of greenbrier a year out. 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 apply to clearing in these six counties

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, by each county judge, so Chicot County can be under a ban while Jefferson County isn't. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture's Forestry Division posts every county's status on its fire danger and burn ban map.Source: Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division

  2. Stormwater

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

  3. Wetlands

    The backswamps east of Pine Bluff hold marshes, swamps, and sloughs. 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.Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Section 404; Arkansas DEQ, NPDES questions; AGFC Wildlife Action Plan, Section 3

Clearing and dirt work we do in Southeast Arkansas

We have the equipment for any land clearing or earth-moving job. Each service has its own page, with how the job goes and what your quote covers.

Land clearing questions from Southeast Arkansas

What landowners ask before they hire a clearing crew, answered for land from Redfield to Eudora.

Is the quote the final price, or are there fuel and travel charges?

The written quote is the price. Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service gives you a written quote before any work, and it lists every charge, travel included. The price changes only if you approve the change in writing first. Our nearest listing to Pine Bluff is in Hot Springs, 55 miles away in a straight line.

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

Sometimes. Arkansas DEQ's ARR150000 stormwater permit applies once clearing disturbs 1 acre, and a wetland can need U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approval before machines clear it. Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service tells you on the first visit which Arkansas rules may touch your job and who handles each.

Who fixes ruts after the work?

We do. Any ruts Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service makes are smoothed before we leave. If the ground is too wet to work without rutting, we tell you and reschedule. The EPA describes the old river terraces under Pine Bluff, White Hall, and Crossett as poorly drained and periodically wet.

Does "cleared" include hauling the brush and logs away?

Only if your quote says so. The written quote from Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service 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 the stumps sprout back after mulching?

Some hardwood stumps can. The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture advises treating a cut stump as soon as possible, because waiting beyond a few hours cuts how much herbicide it takes in. Before we quote, Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service tells you what the ground will need afterwards to keep the brush from coming back.

The Hot Springs line covers Southeast Arkansas

We come to your land, anywhere from Redfield to Eudora. The map shows our Hot Springs listing, 55 miles in a straight line from Pine Bluff.

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 serve

Each 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

Northeast Arkansas

Randolph, Lawrence, Clay, Greene, Craighead, Mississippi, and Poinsett 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

Towns we serve, A to Z

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

Call about your land in Southeast Arkansas

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