The AFC will utilize
personnel and equipment for a
fee to assist private landowners
with the performance of certain
forest management practices not
readily available from the
private sector in an effort to
maintain, enhance and/or protect
timber, wildlife, water, and
soil quality.
These services are to be made
available and performed on a
regional basis to ensure all
landowners have equal access to
such services and when such use
of equipment and manpower does
not unduly jeopardize the
wildfire suppression effort and
the work does not conflict with
services available from private
enterprise.
It is the intent of the AFC to
provide prescribed burning
assistance only where forestry
consultants, contract operators,
or specialized equipment are
unavailable to furnish this
service to small private
landowners.
The AFC will provide the
following services for the
listed fees: prescribed burning,
fire lane construction, and
creating small wildlife openings
(less than 5 acres).
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| Rates Effective
January 1, 2013 |
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| Site preparation burns: |
$25.00 per acre |
| Understory burn: |
$17.50 per acre |
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Farm tractor or equivalent: |
$80.00 per hour |
| JD350/D2, JD450/D3, JD550/D4 or equivalent tractors: |
$80.00 per hour |
JD650/D5, JD750/D6 or equivalent or larger tractors: |
$100.00 per hour |
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Pickup trucks ΒΌ ton to 1 ton, SUVs, sedans, all other cars*: |
$1.00 per mile |
| Type I, II, and III or larger transport trucks*: |
$2.50 per mile |
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Note: A minimum service fee of
$250.00 should only be applied once per year to a
landowner/vendor for all direct services provided. Pickup
truck mileage would apply in instances where services have
been contracted which involve the haul of a farm tractor on
a trailer behind a pickup.
For more information contact your local Alabama Forestry Commission
office.