Forestry Mulching and Land Clearing in Navarre, FL: Lot, Brush and Palmetto Clearing
Navarre lots come two ways: longleaf pine on sugar sand north of US 98, or titi swamp where the sand gives out toward the Eglin line. Most are a half acre to five acres off SR 87, bought for a house and left to grow a year or two first. Our crews come from Ocala, so transport is one quoted line. I ran right-of-way crews on this sand and titi for ten years. Call (352) 619-3597 or send the form. Brandi texts you a scheduling window within an hour.
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Forestry Mulching and Brush Clearing Near Navarre
A half-acre lot here is one day under the mulcher, and that is usually the whole job. Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees, scrub and vegetation into mulch in place, with nothing hauled and nothing burned. The skid steer takes turkey oak, sand pine and volunteer slash to 8 inches and leaves a 2-to-4-inch mat. Sugar sand holds a truck about as well as it holds a tan, and the mat keeps the lot from washing. Areas with dense titi sit on wet flatwoods soil, spodosol with water an inch down in June, and they go to the 300-hp machine, which floats where a dozer sinks. Overgrown land under good longleaf gets selective clearing, the longleaf kept and the rest mulched. Professional clearing starts with the flag line, set with you on the site visit. Send the parcel number and I will name the machine.
Land Clearing Services in Navarre, FL
Pellegrino Land Works provides land clearing as a professional land clearing service for residential and commercial properties, and the services in Navarre cover the card:
- Lot clearing and site prep for a pad, mulched in place or taken to dirt.
- Residential land clearing on acreage, house site to dirt, the rest mulched.
- Selective clearing that keeps the longleaf and takes the yaupon and vines.
- Stump grinding at $4.50 an inch, $150 minimum per stump.
- Tree removal of dead pine and Sally leaners, with cleanup and haul-off by the 10-yard load.
- Brush removal and bush hogging, $65 to 95 an acre, $450 minimum.
- Grubbing with a root rake and dozer at $170 an hour.
- Commercial land clearing services and property clearing for commercial properties in Navarre along US 98, full site clearing to dirt.
- Landscape clearing around an existing house, one day.
We do not pour concrete, drill wells, set septic or demolish houses. I know people who do. Every project carries one written price.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Navarre and Gulf Breeze
Navarre is a CDP, so the county's count is the proxy: Santa Rosa County issued 1,929 single-family permits in 2025 per the Census Building Permits Survey, up 4 percent, and a big share sit between here and Gulf Breeze. The land clearing Navarre builders order most is the half-acre pad: one day of skid steer, $2,600 plus transport. A quarter-acre infill lot is $1,800 flat plus transport. Sandhill lots drain before the trailer leaves. The low lots toward Holley hold water for days after a June storm. Clearing first, then fill under the pad, then grading so the lot sheds to the swale and not the slab. On our jobs in the Navarre area I flag the wet corner first and price fill as its own line. Send the lot size and the builder's date.
What Does Land Clearing Cost in Navarre?
Land clearing costs on a Navarre lot start at $1,800 flat for a quarter acre and $2,600 for a half acre, both plus transport from Ocala. By the acre: oak scrub and sandhill $1,200 to 1,800; pine and palmetto flatwoods $1,500 to 2,500 by density; full clearing to dirt with stumps $3,000 to 5,500. The 300-hp mulcher for large acreage clearing is $4,000 a day plus transport, and haul-off is $700 to 1,300 per 10-yard load. The total depends on the size of the stems and whether stumps come out. A gopher tortoise survey, $400 to 900, comes before any sandhill price, and a titi lot in June to September carries one extra day, stated up front. The cheapest way to clear a wooded lot here is still mulching. On the ROW we ran about three acres of pine a day per machine, and I quote from that. Call (352) 619-3597 with the acreage and I will price it depending on site conditions after I walk the property.
Before You Clear Land in Navarre: Permits, Tortoises and Drainage
Santa Rosa County ties clearing to construction through its land disturbance permit and development order, with silviculture exempt under FS 403.927, and that is step one of the land clearing process here. Step two is the FWC gopher tortoise rule on every sandhill lot: survey within 90 days, flag each burrow, no work within 25 feet without a relocation permit. Red-cockaded woodpecker clusters and the reticulated flatwoods salamander mean parcels on the Eglin edge get a federal look. Step three is water: NWFWMD ignores clearing, but filling a wetland or changing drainage triggers the ERP, and the titi lots are wetland by the Ch. 62-340 delineation more often than not. Burn piles need a Florida Forest Service burn authorization, and on platted lots here that is usually no, so we mulch. Send the parcel ID and I will tell you which of these apply.
Land Clearing Services Across the Pensacola Area From Navarre
We are a land clearing company serving Navarre, FL and the surrounding area, with transport from Ocala quoted as one line on the estimate. That covers Gulf Breeze, Holley, Midway and Fort Walton Beach across the Okaloosa line, and the rest of Santa Rosa south of the Yellow River. Our services throughout North Florida run through the Pensacola metro the same way. Pipeline and power-line easements come to us too; that was my work on the ROW. The Santa Rosa County page carries the county notes and the North Florida page the region. Send the form with your town.
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Request a Free On-Site Estimate in Navarre
The land clearing service in Navarre runs like this. Send the form or call (352) 619-3597 with the acreage and a parcel number. Brandi texts you a scheduling window within the hour. I walk the lines, flag the longleaf that stays and the burrows we skip, count stumps, and write one price with transport on it. On the day we set, our insured crews make your property ready for the builder and leave it clean. A lot left to overgrow, a pad, land improvement: one form.
Land Clearing FAQs for Navarre Property Owners
Can you clear a titi lot that stands in water every summer?
Yes, in the dry season, November to May. The mulcher floats on its tracks and the mat where a dozer sinks; standing water is a stop. June to September adds one day to the quote. We leave the site with the natural drainage open so the lot sheds the way it did before.
Do you handle commercial development sites in Navarre?
Yes. Commercial clearing along US 98 is usually full site work to dirt, $3,000 to 5,500 an acre, with excavation and pads by another contractor. Commercial sites get the same written price as a homesite. We remove brush, grind the stumps, haul the loads and hand off a staked-ready lot.
Is mulching cheaper than hauling the brush off the lot?
Yes, by a wide margin on a half-acre lot. Mulching is one day and one machine; hauling adds $700 to 1,300 per 10-yard load, and a wooded half acre makes three or four loads. Most land clearing projects here end up mulched.
How soon can a crew reach a lot near Navarre?
About two weeks in the dry season, since the machines travel from Ocala, and longer in summer. Brandi texts a window within an hour of your form. Call (352) 619-3597 if a builder is waiting. The frequently asked questions about site preparation and permits are answered above.
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