Forestry Mulching and Land Clearing in Lehigh Acres, FL: Lot, Brush and Palmetto Clearing
Lehigh Acres is 60,000 platted lots of slash pine and palmetto flatwoods, with melaleuca stands on the low ground and Brazilian pepper down every canal bank. Flatwoods soil here is a spodosol: sand over a hardpan that holds June water for weeks. Our Punta Gorda crew is 45 minutes away on I-75, transport included. The hardpan under Lehigh holds June rain like a bathtub with no drain. Call (352) 619-3597 or send the form. Brandi texts you a scheduling window within the hour.
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Forestry Mulching and Brush Clearing Near Lehigh Acres
Forestry mulching clears a half-acre Lehigh Acres lot in one day for $2,600, and the lot stays walkable the same afternoon. It is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees, palmetto and vegetation into mulch where they stand. The skid steer head handles stems to 8 inches; bigger pines get dropped first.
Two things about this ground. First, melaleuca does not die when you cut it. The stump gets herbicide within minutes of the cut or it sends up a dozen shoots by fall. Second, a bush hog alone leaves the palmetto root mat, and palmetto will overgrow a mowed lot before the second summer. The mulcher head runs below the crown and shreds the mat. Brush clearing this way also keeps the sand in place when the rains start.
Land Clearing Services in Lehigh Acres: Lots, Acreage and Commercial Land
Six services, one crew, quoted by the day or the acre. Pellegrino Land Works provides land clearing across Lehigh Acres, FL and the surrounding area from the Punta Gorda yard, insured crews since 2012.
- Selective clearing on wooded lots: palmetto and pepper out, the good pines kept.
- Full site clearing for a pad: stumps pulled, root rake, rough grading. Excavation for the pool is the builder's job.
- Brush removal, tree removal and storm cleanup on overgrown land, Ian-killed pines included.
- Commercial land clearing services and commercial clearing for commercial sites along Homestead Road and commercial development near Gateway: site work, site prep, haul-off by the load.
- Residential land clearing for the half-acre and quarter-acre lots that make up the town.
- Land improvement on acreage toward Buckingham and Alva: bush hogging, fence line clearing, landscape clearing around a house that stays.
Residential and commercial properties get the same professional land clearing service. We do not pour concrete, drill wells, set septic or demolish houses.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Lehigh Acres and Buckingham
Lehigh Acres is a census place, not a city, so it issues no permits of its own; unincorporated Lee pulled 7,226 single-family permits in 2025 by the Census Building Permits Survey, and that unincorporated count is the proxy. Most land clearing projects here are a half-acre lot, 100 by 200, with 30 or so slash pines and a solid palmetto floor. One mulcher day, then the stumps come out, then the pad gets its site preparation before the fill arrives.
The low lots west of Joel Boulevard hold water from June into October. On those we clear in the dry season and tell the builder where the water will go once the fill is in: into the swale if it is clean, into your neighbor's lot if it is not. On our jobs here the swale cleanout is often the cheapest part of the pad.
Land Clearing Lehigh Acres FL: Prices by Lot Size
A half-acre lot runs $2,600 and a quarter-acre infill lot runs $1,800 flat. Beyond that, land clearing costs depend on three things, and the price depends on the size of the lot first, then the pine count and the melaleuca.
| Work | Price |
|---|---|
| Skid steer mulcher, transport included within 75 miles of Punta Gorda | $2,600 a day |
| 300-hp mulcher for large acreage clearing | $4,000 a day plus transport |
| Palmetto and slash pine flatwoods | $1,500 to 2,500 an acre |
| Melaleuca or Brazilian pepper thicket | add $500 an acre |
| Full clearing to dirt with stumps, grading included | $3,000 to 5,500 an acre |
| Stump grinding | $4.50 an inch, $150 minimum per stump |
| Haul-off, including Ian debris | $700 to 1,300 per 10-yard load |
June through September adds one day on muck or wet flatwoods, and that goes on the estimate before the price. So does the gopher tortoise survey, $400 to 900. Ten stumps or more and we grind by the day. After Ian we hauled 9 loads off a single acre in Punta Gorda, $8,100, Call (352) 619-3597 and I put your number in writing.
Permits, Gopher Tortoises and Drainage Before You Clear in Lehigh Acres
Lee County requires a Vegetation Removal permit for any clearing in unincorporated Lee, and that includes every Lehigh Acres lot. Professional clearing starts there. Then three checks:
- Gopher tortoise: FWC survey within 90 days of clearing, no work within 25 feet of a burrow without a relocation permit. We tape the 25-foot line around every apron.
- Bald eagle: the nest buffer is 660 feet, and Lee has one of the densest nest counts in Florida.
- Florida panther: FWS consultation can apply on larger tracts east of the plat.
Drainage and wetlands sit with SFWMD. Clearing is not an Environmental Resource Permit trigger; filling a wet spot or rerouting the water is. A cypress head gets a delineation before we clear land around it. On the ROW we flagged every wet crossing before the first machine moved, and I still do. Burning is not allowed on platted lots here, so everything is mulched in place or hauled.
Land Clearing Services Across the Lehigh Acres Area
Our land clearing service in Lehigh Acres is a land clearing company serving the whole plat plus the acreage east of it. Everything in the Lehigh Acres area is inside the 75-mile circle, so transport rides free.
- Lehigh Acres: half-acre flatwoods lots, melaleuca on the low ground.
- Buckingham and Alva: acreage, cabbage palm hammock, dead citrus and pepper fence lines along SR 80.
- Gateway: commercial properties in Lehigh Acres and the Fort Myers area lots along Daniels Parkway.
Land clearing services across Southwest Florida run from the same yard, with services throughout the Fort Myers metro on the county page.
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Request a Free On-Site Estimate in Lehigh Acres
Send the form with the lot address and the plan: pad, pool, pasture or a clean lot to sell. Brandi texts you a scheduling window within an hour. I walk the lot on a free on-site estimate and leave the site with the price in writing. Call (352) 619-3597 if you would rather talk first. Every project starts that way.
Land Clearing FAQs for Lehigh Acres Property Owners
How much does land clearing cost in Lehigh Acres in 2026?
A half-acre lot is one skid steer day, $2,600, and a quarter-acre lot is $1,800 flat. Full clearing to dirt with stumps runs $3,000 to 5,500 an acre depending on site conditions and how many loads leave. Melaleuca adds $500 an acre. Call (352) 619-3597 for a written number after the site visit.
What is the cheapest way to clear a Lehigh Acres lot?
Mulching, because nothing leaves on a truck. The land clearing process is one machine and one day, and the mulch stays as ground cover. Property clearing to bare dirt costs two to three times more once the stumps and haul loads are in. Either will make your property buildable.
Do you check for utilities and pipeline easements first?
Yes. No machine unloads until Sunshine 811 has marked the lot, and then we walk the property along the flags. Lehigh lots carry FPL lines at the right-of-way, and a few have a pipeline or drainage easement across the back that gets mulched low.
Can you remove brush and dead pines from a storm lot?
Yes. We remove brush, dead slash pine and Ian debris in the same visit, by the 10-yard load. Areas with dense melaleuca take a second look before I set the day count. A full site clear of a storm lot usually runs two days plus the loads. Frequently asked questions about burning get one answer: not on a platted lot.
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