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Defensible Space & Land Clearing Systems
Local operator
Licensed Timber Operator specializing in defensible space clearing, forestry mastication, brush mulching, and hand-crew cutting across the North Bay. Owner has 25+ years as a wildland firefighter.
Serves: Sonoma · Napa · Marin · Solano
Brush Pros
44+ yrs
Oakland brush clearing and fire-abatement company since 1982, on the Oakland and Berkeley fire departments' defensible-space contractor lists. Serves the East Bay hills.
Serves: Alameda · Contra Costa
Lisac General Engineering
22+ yrs
General engineering contractor specializing in land clearing, forest mastication, and site prep for homeowners and large property owners across the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Peninsula/South Bay. Since 2004.
Serves: San Mateo · Santa Clara
MGA Tree Services
Local operator
Tree and land-clearing company offering forest mastication, brush removal, wildfire fuel reduction, and defensible space across Santa Clara County and the Peninsula. CSLB #1046813.
Serves: Santa Clara · San Mateo
Half Moon Bay Grading & Paving
49+ yrs
Family-owned, four-generation Half Moon Bay contractor offering grading, excavation, site work, land clearing, driveways, and storm-drain systems across the coastal Peninsula. Since 1977.
Serves: San Mateo
Brush Hog Tree Care
Local operator
Peninsula/coastside crew running skid-steer and excavator forestry mulching for defensible space and large-acreage fuel reduction — Half Moon Bay, Woodside, La Honda, Pescadero, Hillsborough, Los Gatos. Led the RCD's 19-mile La Honda fuel break.
Serves: San Mateo · Santa Clara
Sonoma Marin Arborists
19+ yrs · CSLB #896313
Petaluma woman-owned, BBB-accredited tree and landscaping contractor (since 2007): mastication, mowing, brush chipping, firebreaks, stump removal, and excavator work across Sonoma and Marin.
Serves: Sonoma · Marin
AJ Property Clearing and Tree Service
Local operator
Suisun City–based tree and lot-clearing company offering tree removal, lot clearing, and stump grinding across Solano, Napa, and Sonoma.
Serves: Solano · Napa · Sonoma
Vintage Tree Care
16+ yrs
Santa Rosa certified-arborist firm offering defensible space and wildfire-prevention work alongside tree removal and stump grinding throughout Sonoma County.
Serves: Sonoma
Wallace Tree Service
Local operator
Napa-based tree and lot-clearing company handling land clearing, mulching, brush removal, driveway/road clearing, and stump grinding from Napa to Vallejo.
Serves: Napa · Solano
Johnston General Engineering
Local operator
Napa engineering contractor specializing in excavating, grading, and utilities — including land clearing, building pads, driveway widening, drainage, and defensible space.
Serves: Napa · Sonoma
Demar Inc.
25+ yrs
Sonoma excavation contractor operating since 2000, handling land clearing, site and pad preparation, driveway grading, and drainage across Sonoma and Napa.
Serves: Sonoma · Napa
Tight Access Excavation
35+ yrs
Sebastopol family-owned excavation and directional-drilling firm since 1990, providing land clearing, excavation, utilities, and drainage across Marin, Sonoma, and Napa.
Serves: Marin · Sonoma · Napa
DW Excavation
13+ yrs
Sonoma County excavation contractor since 2013 offering grading, land development and clearing, driveway/road construction, drainage, and erosion control.
Serves: Sonoma
Sasquatch Tree Pros
Local operator
Sonoma County tree service creating defensible space and using forestry mulchers to convert thick brush and small trees into mulch for fire-fuel reduction and lot clearing.
Serves: Sonoma
Adobe Construction
Local operator
Penngrove general engineering contractor providing driveway construction, grading, site prep, and land clearing across Sonoma, Marin, and Napa.
Serves: Sonoma · Marin · Napa
Arbor Vision
Local operator
San Ramon tree service with ISA-certified arborists offering stump grinding and vegetation management across the Tri-Valley and Diablo communities.
Serves: Alameda · Contra Costa
Timberland Tree Care
37+ yrs
Concord tree care company since 1989 providing tree removal and stump grinding throughout Contra Costa and Alameda counties.
Serves: Contra Costa · Alameda
Terry's Tree Service
30+ yrs
Livermore Diamond Certified tree service offering stump grinding, brush chipping, and fire-prevention vegetation work across the Tri-Valley and East Bay.
Serves: Alameda · Contra Costa
C&W Tree & Landscape
Local operator
Martinez tree and landscape company providing stump grinding, tree removal, and trimming across the East Bay.
Serves: Contra Costa · Alameda
Quality Tree Care
Local operator
Walnut Creek–area tree service specializing in tree removal and stump grinding, including permit guidance, across central Contra Costa.
Serves: Contra Costa
Atlas Tree Service
Local operator
Concord company offering tree and stump removal alongside excavation, grading, drainage, and erosion control, with 24-hour emergency service.
Serves: Contra Costa · Alameda
Star Creek Land Stewards
Local operator
Targeted sheep and goat grazing outfit providing wildfire fuel reduction and defensible-space vegetation management; has grazed East Bay parklands since 2012.
Serves: Alameda · Contra Costa
Tri-Valley Excavating
35+ yrs
Sunol grading and excavation contractor with 35+ years offering site prep, earthwork, building pads, drainage, paving, and underground utilities across the East Bay.
Serves: Alameda · Contra Costa
Wickersham
Local operator
Tractor-services and construction-trucking operator serving East Contra Costa farmland and the Tri-Valley — mowing, discing, grading, augering, fire breaks, and weed abatement.
Serves: Contra Costa · Alameda
Sawyers Forestry
13+ yrs
Licensed timber operator providing defensible space, lot and land clearing, and wildfire fuel reduction in the South Bay and Santa Cruz Mountains. Since 2013.
Serves: Santa Clara
Skyline Tree Experts
Local operator
ISA-certified Bay Area tree service offering defensible space, brush clearance, and tree and stump removal across the Peninsula estates and South Bay foothills.
Serves: San Mateo · Santa Clara
EC Tree Service
Local operator
Redwood City tree service creating defensible space through whole-property brush clearance and removal of combustible vegetation, plus stump grinding. CSLB #903257.
Serves: San Mateo · Santa Clara
Precision Tree Care
Local operator
Pacifica certified-arborist firm focused on fire prevention and defensible space for hillside and wooded properties, with brush clearance and stump removal across coastal San Mateo and South SF.
Serves: San Mateo · San Francisco
JPM Landscape
42+ yrs
Licensed landscape contractor creating CAL FIRE–compliant defensible space and fire-resilient landscapes, plus hillside stabilization, erosion control, and driveways across the Santa Clara foothills. Since 1984.
Serves: Santa Clara
Harris Excavation
Local operator
Excavation and grading contractor providing site prep, trenching, drainage, and erosion control across Santa Clara and San Mateo. CSLB #1117960 and Licensed Timber Operator.
Serves: Santa Clara · San Mateo
Crestline Construction
Local operator
Family-owned earthwork contractor handling excavation, structural site prep, retaining walls, and concrete driveways for complex South County sites near Morgan Hill and Gilroy.
Serves: Santa Clara
Simply Trees
Local operator · CSLB #912462
Livermore tree service offering tree removal, stump grinding, and lot clearing across the Tri-Valley — Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon, Alamo, and Danville.
Serves: Alameda · Contra Costa
Buena Vista Tree Service
25+ yrs · CSLB #815538
Certified-arborist-led East Bay tree care company (since 2001) serving Oakland to Pleasanton with tree removal, stump grinding, and lot clearing; recycles 100% of green waste.
Serves: Alameda · Contra Costa
Stumpy's Tree Service
17+ yrs
Livermore tree service (since 2009) handling hazardous removals, stump grinding, and land clearing across the Tri-Valley; ISA members and certified arborists.
Serves: Alameda · Contra Costa
Livermore Tree Service
Local operator
Tri-Valley tree care company providing tree removal, trimming, and stump grinding across Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon, Danville, Alamo, and Sunol.
Serves: Alameda · Contra Costa
Campbell Services LLC
20+ yrs
Full-service excavation contractor (20+ years) offering excavation, limited-access digs, grading, drainage, demolition, and land clearing across central Contra Costa.
Serves: Contra Costa
V&B Grading Inc.
19+ yrs · CSLB #897894
Fremont family-owned general engineering earthwork contractor (since 2007): mass and finish grading, hillside cuts, foundation excavation, storm drains, and utility trenching.
Serves: Alameda · Contra Costa
Have Dump Truck Will Travel
20+ yrs
Bobcat-based excavation and grading operation (20+ years) offering excavation, grading, trenching, site prep, demolition, and debris hauling throughout San Francisco and the East Bay.
Serves: San Francisco · Alameda · Contra Costa
Bay Area Tree Care, Inc.
Local operator · CSLB #848042
Licensed and insured tree care company (C-61/D49) serving Brentwood, Oakley, and wider Contra Costa and Alameda with tree removal, stump grinding, lot clearing, and weed abatement.
Serves: Contra Costa · Alameda
Johnson's Tree Care Inc.
25+ yrs · CSLB #1007582
Family-owned tree care company serving the San Francisco Bay Area for 25+ years; CSLB licensed, bonded, and insured, offering tree removal, trimming, and lot clearing.
Serves: San Francisco · Alameda · Contra Costa
Demolition San Francisco
Local operator
San Francisco demolition and excavation firm handling emergency and hillside excavation, grading, lot clearing, erosion control, and site development across SF and the East Bay.
Serves: San Francisco · Alameda
Contractors in San Francisco
30+ yrs
Excavation and hillside-stabilization specialist (30+ years): precision excavation, grading, drainage, land clearing, soil compaction, and landslide repair across SF, Oakland Hills, Lafayette, and San Ramon.
Serves: San Francisco · Contra Costa · Alameda
Maxicrete
Local operator · CSLB #753882
Site development contractor (Class A General Engineering + C-8 Concrete) specializing in hardscape engineering, site work, grading, and concrete construction in the East Bay.
Serves: Alameda · Contra Costa
DEVCO Development & Engineering
Local operator · CSLB #1105687
Licensed General A engineering contractor providing hydro/vacuum excavation, earthwork, grading, underground utilities, and site development across Alameda and Solano. Certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise.
Serves: Alameda · Solano
Saviano Co. Inc.
Local operator
East Bay paving and site contractor offering site grading, excavation, and driveway paving for residential and commercial properties in Danville, Richmond, and San Leandro.
Serves: Contra Costa · Alameda
Antioch Land Clearing
Local operator
Land clearing service covering East Contra Costa — Antioch, Brentwood, Oakley, Pittsburg, and Concord — for lot clearing, construction site clearing, brush and stump removal, grading, and debris hauling.
Serves: Contra Costa
Ward Construction Inc.
Local operator
East Bay contractor specializing in drainage, french drains, retaining walls, foundation work, and driveway repair across Walnut Creek, Lafayette, and Danville.
Serves: Contra Costa · Alameda
SRT Forestry
15+ yrs · CSLB #1096455
Santa Rosa contractor focused on defensible space and fire prevention: brush clearing, ladder-fuel reduction, tree thinning, and stump grinding across Sonoma, with select Napa and Marin work. ISA Certified Arborist, TCIA-accredited.
Serves: Sonoma · Napa · Marin
Taurian Construction
Local operator · CSLB #1112490
Santa Rosa general engineering contractor specializing in excavation, grading, utility trenching, septic, and site prep/clearing on sloped and hillside parcels throughout Sonoma County.
Serves: Sonoma
Farr Construction Co.
Local operator · CSLB #444117
Santa Rosa A & B licensed general engineering contractor: grading, excavation, lot clearing, road construction, underground utilities, foundations, and fire cleanup.
Serves: Sonoma · San Mateo · Santa Clara
Western Land Co.
Local operator · CSLB #1116565
Aptos-based land-management and fire-fuels-reduction specialist: forestry mulching/mastication, brush clearing, defensible space, and invasive-species removal. CAL FIRE Licensed Timber Operator (LTO B013471).
Serves: Santa Clara
San Jose Tree Service & Landscaping
60+ yrs · CSLB #985639
Three-generation, BBB-accredited tree and landscaping company offering land clearing, defensible space, weed abatement, poison-oak removal, and stump removal across San Jose, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Morgan Hill, and Gilroy.
Serves: Santa Clara · San Mateo
Independent Contractor Inc.
Local operator
Excavation, demolition, and grading contractor experienced in hillside/steep-lot grading, vineyard lot clearing, and tight-access site work across the Bay Area.
Serves: Santa Clara · San Mateo · Sonoma · Napa
Dirt Works 1, Inc.
Local operator
Excavation contractor serving northern Sonoma County and the Sonoma Coast: land clearing, grading, building pads, roads/driveways, ponds, septic, trenching, and stump removal.
Serves: Sonoma
SkyView Tree Experts
Local operator
Sonoma County tree service offering defensible space creation, CAL FIRE-guideline brush thinning, and stump grinding across Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Petaluma, and Healdsburg.
Serves: Sonoma
Am/Pm Tree Service, Inc.
Local operator · CSLB #1007759
Tree care and land-clearing contractor serving Solano and Napa (plus the East Bay): acreage land clearing, tree removal, stump grinding, and 24/7 storm response.
Serves: Solano · Napa · Contra Costa · Alameda
EZ Tree Inc
Local operator · CSLB #929913
Vallejo-based tree service serving Solano County with weed and fire abatement, brush mulching, tree removal, and stump work. ISA-certified arborist on staff.
Serves: Solano
All Valley Paving
30+ yrs
Vacaville paving and excavation contractor (30+ years) serving Solano County with site clearing, excavation, grading, and driveway/paving work.
Serves: Solano
Pacific Tree Care
43+ yrs · CSLB #672522
Calistoga tree care company (since 1983) serving Napa County: fire mitigation and brush clearing, defensible-space creation, wildfire risk assessment, tree removal, and stump grinding. ISA and TCIA affiliated.
Serves: Napa
A-1 Forestry Group
30+ yrs
Forestry-mulching division of A-1 Tree Service (30+ years): mastication, fuels reduction, fire-break construction, defensible space, and burn-zone restoration with CAL FIRE-qualified crews across the North Bay.
Serves: Napa · Sonoma · Solano · Marin
Treemasters
Local operator · CSLB #660226
Long-established San Rafael ISA-certified tree service — the first green-certified tree company in Marin — handling fire-prone species removal, defensible-space compliance, and stump grinding.
Serves: Marin
Clements Tree Service Inc.
Local operator · CSLB #605793
Mill Valley tree service on the FireSafe Marin contractor list: brush clearing, chipping, and defensible-space work, with maneuverable trucks and chippers for remote hillside access.
Serves: Marin
World Tree Service
Local operator
FireSafe Marin preferred tree service with thousands of hours of contract wildfire hazard reduction, chipper days, and arboriculture work across Marin County.
Serves: Marin
Marin County Arborists
Local operator
San Rafael arborist firm providing tree removal, pruning, stump grinding, and defensible-space/fire-prevention vegetation work throughout Marin County.
Serves: Marin
Golden Gate Tree Care
Local operator
Marin tree care company serving Novato, San Rafael, Mill Valley, Ross, Tiburon, and Sausalito with tree removal, stump grinding, and defensible-space work.
Serves: Marin
Flores Tree Service
Local operator
Registered and insured San Rafael tree service offering tree removal, trimming, and stump grinding across Marin County.
Serves: Marin
Action Asphalt & Concrete
Local operator
Fairfield-area contractor providing grading and excavation plus asphalt/driveway work for commercial and municipal properties across greater Solano County.
Serves: Solano
Gonzalez's Tree Service
25+ yrs
Family-owned tree service (since 2001) serving Marin, Sonoma, and Napa — Novato and San Rafael included — with tree removal, pruning, and stump grinding.
Serves: Marin · Sonoma · Napa
East Bay Tree Service
Local operator · CSLB #805794
Orinda-based tree and lot-clearing company serving the East Bay from Berkeley and Oakland to Walnut Creek: MOFD fire-compliance defensible space, brush chipping, lot clearing, and stump grinding.
Serves: Contra Costa · Alameda
Rocha Construction & Earthworks
Local operator · CSLB #838772
Half Moon Bay earthwork contractor serving the coastal San Mateo Peninsula (Pescadero, La Honda, Woodside, Portola Valley) and into Santa Clara: land clearing, grading, excavation, erosion control, culverts, and dirt/gravel roads.
Serves: San Mateo · Santa Clara
A&E Arborists Tree Care
Local operator
ISA-certified arborists and CAL FIRE Licensed Timber Operators doing land clearing, mastication, fire-fuel reduction, stump grinding, and excavation across Napa and Solano.
Serves: Napa · Solano
SpiderMax USA
Local operator
Forestry mulching and fire-fuel-reduction operator serving Solano County: oak-woodland clearing, riparian and utility-corridor vegetation management for homeowners, HOAs, and agencies.
Serves: Solano
Brush Services
20+ yrs · CSLB #989577
Family-owned masticator/mulcher (20+ years) covering the East Bay and South Bay: brush clearing, forestry thinning, defensible space, fire-risk abatement, and access-road clearing.
Serves: Santa Clara · Alameda · Contra Costa · Solano
JLS Environmental Services, Inc.
24+ yrs · CSLB #812780
Vegetation-management firm (since 2002) offering forestry mulching, brush mastication, CAL FIRE-compliant defensible space, lot clearing, erosion control, and right-of-way clearing across the North Bay.
Serves: Solano · Napa · Sonoma
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