Prescribed Fire Contractors updated Feb 2009

We post a list of contractors, organizations, and government agencies offering prescribed fire, fuels reduction, controlled burn, fire break installation, cost -share assistance and fire training services on this site. SEE BELOW FOR LIST or download the printable file.

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List of Contractors and Services

The Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council and its members do not endorse, recommend or take any responsibility for the work conducted by any contractor on the list. The contractors are listed alphabetically. Any one else who would like to have their business or service listed may fill out the form and submit it. The list will be updated at the beginning of each year.

Adaptive Restoration LLC

Contact Name: Mike Healy
Address: P.O. Box 45205 , Madison , WI 53711
Phone number: 608-554-0411
Email: mike@adaptiverestoration.com
Website: www.adaptiverestoration.com
Service Area: Wisconsin (statewide)
Services offered: Adaptive Restoration LLC offers professional, science-based ecological restoration and land management services. We provide expertise and experience in restoration and prescribed burn plan writing, burn implementation, and fire effects monitoring. We have experience conducting burns in rural, residential, urban and natural areas, including prairies, savannas, wetlands, farms and research sites. Our burn crew is NWCG-trained and fully insured, and we provide all necessary equipment, signage, personnel and planning to conduct your burn safely and efficiently.

Agrecol

Contact Name: Customer Service
Address: 2918 Agriculture Dr, Madison, WI 53718
Phone number: 608-223-3571
Email: ecosolutions@agrecol.com
Website: www.agrecol.com
Service Area: SW, SE, and Central Wisconsin, Northern Illinois
Services offered: Agrecol's ecological products and services include native seed and plant production, installation and maintenance of native plantings and restorations, vegetated retaining walls, erosion control, prescribed burns, stormwater management, manufacturing, design, consulting and other ecological restoration products and services.

Applied Ecological Services, Inc

Contact Name: Mathew Kocourek
Address: 17921 Smith Road, Broadhead, WI 53520
Phone number: 608-897-8641
Email: matt.kocourek@appliedeco.com
Website: www.appliedeco.com
Service Area: Nationwide
Services offered: Applied Ecological Services, Inc ( AES ) offers prescribed burn services for any situation, including controlling invasive species, stimulating native vegetation, minimizing brush encroachment, enhancing regeneration, and reducing fuel loads. We provide consulting and management services that encompass all stages of the prescribed burn, including burn plans, firebreak installation, obtaining permits and executing the burn from start to finish. Our well-trained Burn Crew will perform your prescribed burn in a safe, efficient and effective manner.
Additional information: AES also provides consulting, contracting and nursery services for a broad range of ecological restoration projects locally, nationally and internationally.

BioLogic Environmental Consulting, LLC

Contact Name: Mike Anderson
Address: 2505 Richardson St , Fitchburg , WI 53711
Phone number: 608-227-9960
Email: biologic@chorus.net
Website : www. gobiologic.com
Service Area: SW, SE, and South Central Wisconsin
Services offered: Grassland, savanna and woodland burns. Write Rx burn plans, install and maintain firebreaks. Insured, experienced and trained crew.

Cedarburg Science, LLC

Contact Name: Chris Heston
Address: 1555 Wisconsin Avenue, Grafton, WI 53204
Phone number: 262-376-0735
Email: cedsci@cedarburgscience.com
Website : www.cedarburgscience.com
Service Area: SE Wisconsin
Services offered: Prescribed burns, planning, preparing firebreaks, implementing burns, monitoring results, wetland delineation, habitat assessment, stewardship planning, invasive species control, restoration and enhancement of wetlands, woodlands and prairies, native tree, shrub and forb plantings, and Endangered and threatened species habitat evaluations and surveys.
Additional information: Cedarburg Science is a full-service natural areas management firm, established in 1998. They are a registered small business and DBE, and offer hands-on, consultative approach for enhancement and restoration of natural communities.

David Borneman, LLC

Contact name: David Borneman
Address: 1123 Mixtwood Street , Ann Arbor , MI 48103
Phone: 734-994-3475
Email: davidborneman@yahoo.com
Website: www.restoringnaturewithfire.com
Service area: Wisconsin (Statewide), Michigan , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois
Services offered: With over 18 years experience, David Borneman has safely conducted prescribed burns on private lands, regional parks, golf courses, hunting preserves, state DNR land, farms, city and township parks, schools, metro airports, and corporate campuses throughout the Midwest. We provide a complete service from initial consultation, through the burn planning process (RX writing, burn permits, weather monitoring, etc.) and implementation with a full complement of burn and safety equipment and trained crew. Fully insured.

Driftless Land Stewardship LLC

Contact name: Jaye Maxfield
Address: 13761 County Road X, Bagley, WI 53801
Phone: 608-996-2135
Email: jaye@driftlesslandstewardship.com
Website: www.driftlesslandstewardship.com
Service area: Southwest and Central Wisconsin, NE Iowa, NW Illinois, SE Minnesota
Services offered: Prescribed fire services on extreme topography, varied natural communities, wildland/urban interface. Planning and preparation, as well as implementation, mop-up, monitoring and reporting.
Additional Information: Driftless has offered prescribed fire services since 1997, and is the largest prescribed fire provider in the region.

EC3 Environmental Consulting Group Inc.

Contact Name: Eric Schlender
Address: P.O. Box 44281, Madison, WI 53744-4281
Phone number: 608-963-8934
Email address: eschlender@ec3grp.com
Website link: www.ec3grp.com
Service area: Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota
Services offered: EC3 Environmental Consulting Group, Inc. offers a wide variety of ecological and field management services including; prescribed burning, management and restoration planning, consulting, and site inventory analysis. EC3's NWCG certified burn team is among the most highly trained & experienced in the great lakes region. EC3's team has over 50 years combined experience while burning thousands of acres. Writing burn plans, obtaining necessary permits, and proper burn break installation are an integral part of the process. EC3 provides assistance with grant acquisition and conservation programs, site installation and maintenance, and control of invasive species. EC3 provides a diverse array of native seed species including pre-designed, conservation program, and custom mixes.
Additional information: Client service will always remain our top priority. EC3 is fully licensed and insured in all aspects of its business including prescribed burning.

Ecological Restoration Services, LLC

Contact Name: Bryan Huberty
Address: 311 Island Drive #4, Madison, WI 53705
Phone number: 608-345-4024
Email address: bryan@restorewisconsin.com
Website link: www.restorewisconsin.com
Service area: Wisconsin (SW, SE, C), Northern Illinois
Services offered: Ecological Restoration Services ( ERS ) offers a wide variety of prescribed burn services from planning the burn and obtaining permits to preparing firebreaks, implementing burns, monitoring results, invasive species control, restoration and enhancement of wetlands, woodlands and prairies from remnants to plantings, and protecting and stimulating endangered and threatened plants and ecosystems. Our burn crew is trained and safe.
Additional information: ERS is an insured, full-service natural areas management firm, established in 2000 and based in Madison.

JFNew

Contact name: Nicole Kalkbrenner
Address: 1402 Pankratz St., Suite 302 , Madison , WI 53714
Phone number: 608-240-1453
Email address: nkalkbrenner@jfnew.com
Website: http://www.jfnew.com
Service Area: Wisconsin (statewide), Illinois , Indiana , Ohio , Michigan
Services offered: Ecological services and consultation related to burning and natural areas management. Services include all things related to prescribed fire: burn planning, consultation, permit applications, public notification, site preparation, fire effects monitoring, fire execution.
Additional Information: Staff includes over 20 NWCG certified wildland firefighters and the company has a long history of safe and effective burns in a multitude of fuel types throughout the wildland urban-interface.

Local Landowners, LLC

Contact Name: Cindy Wagner
Address: 413 S 4th St E , Fort Atkinson , WI 53538
Phone: 920-563-8552
Email: landkprs@charter.net
Service area: Southwest and Southeast Wisconsin
Services offered: prescribed burns, planning, and firebreak implementation
Additional information: The crew has attended prescribed burn informational classes and the owners have attended S190/S130/S100 courses. They have water suppression equipment and work well with first-time customers who need prescribed burns.

Marek Landscaping LLC

Contact name: Mike Marek
Address: 820 E Knapp Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414-272-0242
Email address: mike@mareklandscaping.com
Website: www.mareklandscaping.com
Service Area: Wisconsin, statewide
Services offered: Prescribed burning services, including planning, implementation, monitoring, low impact fire break development, land stewardship planning, GPS / GIS and AutoCad mapping as well as assistance with any phase of implementation.
Additional Information: Milwaukee based, happy to work on smaller scale projects and to assist landowners, groups, and agencies

Midwest Prairies LLC

Contact name: Ronald Martin
Address: 10651 N Charley Bluff Road , Milton , WI 53563
Phone: 608-868-3169
Email address: ron@midwestprairies.com
Website: www.midwestprairies.com
Service area: Southeast Wisconsin
Services offered: Prescribed burns. Installation of firebreaks with a specially designed rake pulled behind a JD gator, which saves time that would otherwise be spent hand raking.
Additional Information: The Midwest Prairie crew is S130/S190 certified. Midwest Prairies has been working with prescribed burns since 1995. Equipment available for establishing firebreaks: DR Mower, Rayco Forestry Mower, Flail Mower. Two crews for better service.

NRC Restorations, LLC

Contact name: Steve Banovetz
Address: 209 Commerce Parkway , Cottage Grove , WI 53527
Phone: 608-712-0608
Email address: sbanovetz@nrc-inc.net
Website: www.nrcdifference.com
Service area: Wisconsin (statewide), Northern Illinois , NE Iowa , SE Minnesota
Services offered: NRC Restorations, LLC (NRCR) provides complete prescribed burn services. We develop comprehensive burn plans and maps, create fire breaks, utilize back burning methods, and respect weather conditions. Our crews will arrive with 350 gallons of water, ATV's with tank sprayers, and all other burn equipment necessary to ignite and suppress a burn. Our crews dress in fire resistant clothing, communicate with both two-way radios and cell phones, and are trained through the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. We are fully insured and can be bonded for any size project.

Paust LLC

Contact Name: Dale M. Paust
Address: N9007 Caldron Falls Road , Crivitz , WI 54114
Phone number: 715-757-3722
Email: dmpaust@gmail.com
Service Area: NE Wisconsin
Services offered: Construction and maintenance of fire breaks, small-prescribed burns

Prairie Nursery, Inc.

Contact Name: Jennifer Baker
Address: PO Box 306 , Westfield , WI 53964
Phone number: 1-800-476-9453 ext. 263
Email: jennifer@prairienursery.com
Website: www.prairienursery.com
Service Area: Central Wisconsin
Services offered: Mowing firebreaks and prescribed burns

Quercus Land Stewardship Services

Contact Name: Jim Elleson
Address : 4671 Highway JJ, Black Earth, WI 53515
Phone number: 608-767-3553
Email address: mail@quercus-ls.com
Website: www.quercus-ls.com
Service Area: Wisconsin (statewide)
Services offered: We offer complete prescribed burn services for various objectives including encouraging native vegetation, controlling invasive species, reducing brush encroachment, enhancing oak regeneration, and reducing fuel loads. We provide consultation and management recommendations, and we develop burn plans, install firebreaks, obtain permits, and execute burns from ignition through mopup and assessment. Our trained, insured, and fully equipped crew will carry out your burn safely and professionally. We also provide prescribed burn training workshops.

Seiferts Field & Forest , LLC

Contact Name: Jack Seifert
Address: PO Box 166 , Baraboo , WI 53913
Phone: 608-356-2360
Email address: jack@seifertsllc.com
Website: www.seifertsllc.com
Service area: Wisconsin , Minnesota , Michigan , Illinois , Iowa , and Missouri
Services offered: Seifert's Field & Forest LLC is by far the Eastern Region's largest, most equipped and experienced Prescribed Fire Service Provider. With over 175 NWCG Combined Years of Experience and Training in Wildland Firefighting and all aspects of Prescribed Fire, Seifert's has conducted over 300 burns for over 10,000 acres. Seifert's specializes in large burn units from 500 to 1,000 acres in size, with (3) RXB2 / ICT3 Burn Bosses, (4) FIRB / ICT4 Firing Bosses, (4) FFT1 / ICT5 Squad Bosses, (12) FFT2 Crew Members, (4) Utility ATV's with skid units and (4) Type 6 Engines.
Additional Information: Seifert's can now provide NWCG Training as a member and through the National Wildfire Suppression Association. We offer basic through 400 level courses and can help you complete all your task books. Please visit our Website link to view all of the services we provide and remember, Seifert's Field & Forest LLC is all about “When Experience Counts.”

Tallgrass Restoration, LLC

Contact Name: Jordan Rowe
Address: 3129 E County Road N, Milton, WI 53563
Phone: 608-531-1768
Email address: info@tallgrassrestoration.com
Website: www.tallgrassrestoration.com
Service area: Wisconsin (statewide), Illinois, Indiana
Services offered: Site inspection, acquisition of state and local permits, preparation of detailed, fiscally responsible burn plans, safe execution on burns of any scale (from ¼ acre back yards to natural areas hundreds of acres in size).
Additional information : Tallgrass Restoration LLC is fully insured, and their trained ecologists safely execute burns on any scale. They use fire in woodlands, wetlands, and prairies to manage invasive species while promoting native vegetation. Tallgrass Restoration specializes in prairie and habitat installation/restoration, invasive species management and reducing erosion.

TGF Enterprises, Inc.

Contact name: Tom Flader
Address: 530 North Avenue , Liberty , IL 60048
Phone: 874-949-0100
Email address: tomf@tgfenterprises.com
Website: tgfenterprises.com
Service area: Wisconsin , Illinois , Indiana
Services offered: Prescribed fire services, including prep work, fireline construction, fuels reduction, urban interface brush removal.
Additional information: TGF Enterprises subcontracts their type 6 engine for prescribed burn operations, and also operate a water tender and ATV capable with class A foam.

Wildland Management, Inc.

Contact name: Mike Adamovich
Address: 1848 Fescue Drive , Aurora , IL 60504
Phone: 630-499-8887
Email address: wildlandmanagement@sbcglobal.net
Service area: Wisconsin and Northern Illinois
Services offered: Wildland Management specializes in prescribed burns
Additional Information: The Company is owned by a full-time firefighter

Wild Mountain Fire and Forestry, Inc

Contact Name: Neal K. Brown
Address: PO Box 65, 1739 S HWY 89a Kanab, UT 84741
Phone number: 877-890-1168
Email address: nkbrown@wildmountainfire.com
Website: http://www.wildmountainfire.com
Service area: National
Services Offered: Full NWCG USFS / BLM /NPS Trained Prescribed Fire Overhead including RXB2, RXB2-T, 3 FEMO's, 2 Firing Boss's, 3 Holding Boss's (Single Resource's) 1 Type 2 Safety Officer, Logistics Chief, and crews. 1 Type 3 Tactical Water Tender, 1 Type 6 Engine, 1 Yamaha Rhino w/ Water, 2 polaris 4-wheelers, 12 Drip Torches, and other misc. Firing Device's, 1 Tracked Skid Steer w/ mastication, grapple and bucket, 1 12” bandit chipper, 3 crew truck, and 6 stihl 046 chainsaws. We can also prepare any burn plan, GIS Mapping, Pre and Post Burn Monitoring any and all media contacts, line prep, and ops. WMFF hold $1,000,000.00 Professional Liability and $5,000,000.00 of General Liability.

USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service (Not a contractor)

Contact Name: District Conservationists
Address: local county NRCS office
Website: www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov
Service Area: All states in the Midwest have local NRCS offices
Additional Information: The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program provides financial assistance for prescribed burning, burn plan development, and fire break installation in order to restore/manage habitats for declining wildlife species. NRCS reimburses the participant for practices completed. Reimbursements are either a flat rate payment or 75% of the actual cost not to exceed the allowed maximum. Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) participants may be required to burn their enrolled land for mid-contract management. $40/acre cost share is provided through the Farm Service Agency.

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