Forestry Mulching and Land Clearing in Naples, FL: Lot, Brush and Palmetto Clearing
Naples, FL sits on caprock: slash pine and palmetto over limestone 20 to 40 inches down, cypress heads in the low spots, melaleuca and Brazilian pepper wherever the ground was scraped once and left. East of Collier Boulevard the lots turn into acreage. Our Punta Gorda crew runs I-75 south every week, transport included. Skid steer forestry mulcher, $2,600 a day. East of Collier Boulevard the mosquitoes have acreage too. 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 Naples
Forestry mulching on caprock costs $1,500 to 2,500 an acre and wears teeth faster than anywhere else I work. It is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees, palmetto and vegetation into mulch in place, and on Naples ground the head meets rock on every pass. We run carbide teeth here and swap them midweek.
Palmetto root mat sits on top of the rock, so a bush hog shears fronds and nothing else; palmetto will overgrow the lot by the second summer. The mulcher takes the mat. Melaleuca is the other problem: cut it and it sends up shoots from the stump within weeks unless the cut is treated within minutes. Brush clearing on wet flatwoods east of town goes to the mulcher, which floats where a dozer sinks to the pan.
Land Clearing Services in Naples, FL
Pellegrino Land Works provides land clearing in six forms across the Naples area, a land clearing company serving Collier since 2012 with insured crews.
- Selective clearing on estate lots: exotics out, slash pine and cypress kept, a mulched floor left behind.
- Full site clearing to a pad runs stump grinding first, then root rake, then rough grading. Excavation for pool and septic stays with the builder.
- Brush removal, tree removal and storm cleanup on overgrown land, Irma and Ian pines included.
- Commercial land clearing services and commercial clearing for commercial sites and commercial development along Pine Ridge Road: site work, site prep, haul-off by the load.
- Residential land clearing on infill lots, quarter acre and up.
- Land improvement on acreage: bush hogging, exotic removal, landscape clearing around a house that stays.
One rate card covers residential and commercial properties; the professional land clearing service is the same crew. We do not pour concrete, drill wells, set septic or demolish houses.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Naples and Golden Gate
The city of Naples reported no months to the Census Building Permits Survey in 2025, so its 117 single-family permits are a Census estimate; unincorporated Collier pulled 1,738, and that is where lot clearing happens. Most land clearing projects start in Golden Gate Estates on 1.25 to 5 acre tracts, a homesite and a guest house in the middle.
We cleared 5 acres of palmetto and slash pine there in 2 days with the skid steer, $5,200, with three gopher tortoise burrows flagged and kept 25 feet clear. The owner had a dry pad before the June rains. Caprock lots drain sideways, not down, so the pad gets its site preparation after we see where the water sits. Property owners who clear November to May skip the wet-season day.
Land Clearing Naples FL: Prices by Lot, Acre and Day
Land clearing costs in Naples run $1,800 for a quarter-acre infill lot up to $5,500 an acre for full clearing to dirt. The price depends on the size of the tract, the stems and the rock.
- Skid steer mulcher: $2,600 a day, transport included within 75 miles of Punta Gorda, and Naples is inside the circle.
- 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 pepper: add $500 an acre.
- Full clearing to dirt with stumps: $3,000 to 5,500 an acre, rough grading included.
- Stump grinding: $4.50 an inch, $150 minimum per stump. Ten or more and we grind by the day.
- Haul-off: $700 to 1,300 per 10-yard load. Gopher tortoise survey by a licensed agent: $400 to 900.
June through September adds one day on muck or wet flatwoods, and that day is on the estimate before the price, not after. Call (352) 619-3597 and I put your number in writing.
Permits, Gopher Tortoises and Drainage Before You Clear Land in Naples
Collier County requires a Vegetation Removal Permit, the VRP, before clearing in Golden Gate Estates and most of the unincorporated county; grove and pasture land uses the Agricultural Clearing permit instead. Professional clearing starts with the right one. Then the gopher tortoise: FWC survey within 90 days, no work within 25 feet of a burrow without a relocation permit. We tape the line.
Florida panther consultation with FWS applies on larger tracts east of town; Ave Maria sits inside the Panther Focus Area. Red-cockaded woodpecker turns up in old pine flatwoods, and the bald eagle buffer is 660 feet. Drainage and wetlands sit with SFWMD. Clearing is not an Environmental Resource Permit trigger; filling a cypress head or rerouting the water is. On the ROW we flagged every wet crossing before the first machine moved. Burning is not allowed on platted lots, so everything is mulched in place or hauled.
Land Clearing Services Across the Naples Area
Our land clearing service in Naples runs from the Punta Gorda yard, 90 minutes down I-75. Naples, FL and the surrounding area is inside the 75-mile circle, transport included.
- Naples: infill lots and commercial properties in Naples along US 41.
- Golden Gate: estate tracts on caprock, melaleuca stands, cypress heads.
- Bonita Springs: flatwoods lots under the city tree code.
- Marco Island and Ave Maria: island lots on one end, panther-country pasture on the other.
We run land clearing services across Southwest Florida from the same yard; the Fort Myers metro has its own pages, and Collier County has a county page with services throughout the county.
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Request a Free On-Site Estimate on Your Naples Lot
Send the form with the folio number and the plan: homesite, guest house or a clean lot to sell. Brandi texts you a scheduling window within an hour. The free on-site estimate is a walk and a number: the price is in writing before I leave the site. Call (352) 619-3597 if the melaleuca is already over the roofline. Every project gets the same crew.
Land Clearing FAQs for Naples Property Owners
How much does land clearing cost in Naples in 2026?
A quarter-acre lot is $1,800 flat and a half acre is one skid steer day at $2,600. Full clearing to dirt with stumps runs $3,000 to 5,500 an acre depending on site conditions, rock and loads out. Melaleuca adds $500 an acre. Call (352) 619-3597 for the number in writing after the site visit.
What is the cheapest way to clear an estate lot?
Mulching, because nothing leaves on a truck and the caprock never gets exposed. The land clearing process is one machine for one or two days, and the mulch stays as ground cover. Figure two to three times more for property clearing to bare dirt. Either way will make your property buildable.
Do you locate utilities and pipeline easements before you remove brush?
Yes. Sunshine 811 locates go in before every job, and we walk the property with the flags up. Estate tracts often carry an FPL corridor or a pipeline easement along one line, and those get mulched low. Ten years as a right-of-way lead taught me where the lines hide.
Can you work a wet lot east of town?
Yes, on the mulcher, which floats on wet flatwoods where a dozer sinks. June through September adds one day on muck. Areas with dense melaleuca on wet ground get a second look before I set the day count. Frequently asked questions about burning get one answer here: not on a platted lot.
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