Defensible Space Clearing
Dead brush, ladder fuels, weeds and dry grass cleared from the 100 feet around a home. The trees stay standing and the brush stays on the ground as mulch.
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Defensible space clearing and brush clearing around homes and on open land, plus weed abatement, fire breaks and mastication. Based in Seaside, we work across the Monterey Peninsula, the Salinas area and up the coast to Santa Cruz.
Tell us about the brush, the lot or the letter you got. We look at the property and put the quote in writing.
Defensible space clearing and brush clearing lead our fire prevention services for homes and open land. Weed abatement, land clearing, forestry mulching, brush mowing, fire breaks, lot clearing and vegetation management round out the list.
Dead brush, ladder fuels, weeds and dry grass cleared from the 100 feet around a home. The trees stay standing and the brush stays on the ground as mulch.
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We clear overgrown brush and poison oak off hillsides and fence lines. The masticating head grinds it into mulch where it stands, and the trees stay.
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We cut the dry grass and weeds on vacant lots, parcels, roadsides and lot lines before fire season. Send us a photo of your notice, and we put the quote in writing.
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We open up overgrown acreage, hillsides, ranch parcels and building sites with the masticating head and the brush mower. Brush and small trees become mulch in place, and the trees you keep stay standing.
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Our masticating head grinds brush and small trees into mulch where they stand. The ground is left under a mulch layer, and the trees you keep stay standing.
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We cut tall grass and light brush with a rotary brush mower on a compact track loader. Fields, pastures, road frontage and large lots get mowed once or every season.
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Fire breaks and fuel breaks cut along property lines, ridges, roads and driveways. Brush is masticated into mulch and grass mowed low, so a fire slows and crews have room to work.
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Vacant lots and ADU sites cleared to open ground. Weeds and grass are mowed, and brush is ground into mulch where it stands.
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We run seasonal vegetation management programs for HOAs, property managers, commercial properties and ranches. Grass is mowed and brush is masticated on a schedule built around notices and fire season.
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Seaside, CA · Monterey Peninsula Cruz Land Management is a brush clearing and defensible space service based in Seaside on the Monterey Peninsula. The work runs on a compact track loader, a tracked skid steer, with two attachments. The masticating head grinds brush, saplings and small trees into mulch where they stand. The brush mower cuts grass and weeds down low.
In the 100 feet around a house, we clear dead growth and ladder fuels under oaks and pines. We cut the grass down and clear around propane tanks and outbuildings. On slopes and along driveways, the masticating head grinds overgrown brush into a mulch layer. The trees you want to keep stay standing.
The state's 2025 fire hazard map shows Very High zones in Seaside, Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel-by-the-Sea. If an inspection notice or an insurance letter started this, we size the work to what it asks for. We look at the property, or you send photos, and we put the quote in writing. From Seaside we work across the Monterey Peninsula, the Salinas area and up the coast to Santa Cruz.
About Our CompanyThe compact track loader runs a masticating head for brush and a brush mower for grass and weeds. Each part of the property gets the attachment that fits it.
Brush, saplings and small trees are ground into mulch where they stand, and the trees you want stay standing. The mulch stays on top as cover, and the soil stays in place.
We look at the brush, the slope and the access first, or work from your photos. The quote comes to you in writing before any work starts.
We are based in Seaside on the Monterey Peninsula, between Monterey and Marina. The work reaches across the Peninsula, the Salinas area and up the coast to Santa Cruz.
Call or text (831) 200-5377 and tell us where the property is. We look at it and put the quote in writing.
Based in Seaside on the Monterey Peninsula, we work the Peninsula, the Salinas area and up the coast to Santa Cruz.
From the first call or text to cleared ground, here is how it goes.
Call or text (831) 200-5377 and tell us about the property. Send photos if you like, plus any notice or insurance letter.
We look at the brush, the grass, the slopes and how the machine gets in. Good photos can stand in for a visit.
You get the quote in writing. If a notice or an insurance letter is in hand, the work is sized to it.
The masticating head grinds the brush, saplings and small trees into mulch. The brush mower cuts the grass and weeds down.
You get mulched and mowed ground, with the trees you kept still standing. We take a final look at it with you.
The questions homeowners, HOAs and landowners around Seaside and the Monterey Peninsula ask us most. If yours is not here, call or text and we will answer it.
California defensible space rules for 2026: the 100 feet, Zones 1 and 2, where Zone 0 stands, inspections and insurance on the Monterey Peninsula.
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What brush clearing and mastication cost in California per acre and per hour, what drives the price, and how mulching in place changes the math.
Read more →Tell us where the property is and what needs clearing, and send photos if you have them. Call or text (831) 200-5377, or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the brush, the lot or the letter you got. We look at the property and put the quote in writing.