Land Clearing in Bonners Ferry, Idaho
The short answer
As of October 2026, 13 local businesses do land clearing work in Boundary County. If the job includes burning slash piles, Idaho requires a free burn permit for any burning outside city limits from May 10 through October 20.
By the Huck's Guide team. Updated October 28, 2026
At a glance
- Burn permit season
- May 10 to October 20Idaho Department of Lands
Based in Boundary County
Last checked October 2026 Last checked October 2026
Serves Boundary County from nearby
Land clearing around here
Clearing ground means planning for three things: the brush, the stumps, and what grows back on the bare dirt. The state and the county each have a rule or a fee for one of them.
Stumps and brush you haul off go to the county. At the main landfill on Hillcrest Road, a household can bring up to 1,000 pounds of wood waste a day at no charge, then $0.05 a pound. Stumps are $0.05 a pound, and only the main landfill takes them. Those fees took effect April 1, 2025.
Source: Boundary County Solid Waste. Wood waste and stump fees checked on the county's solid waste fee list, Oct 27, 2026.
Forestry mulching or digging out
Forestry mulching grinds brush and small trees where they stand and leaves the chips on the ground. Digging out with an excavator pulls the stumps and roots. That leaves cleaner ground for a building site or a field, but it also leaves stumps to haul or burn. Many jobs use some of each.
Some jobs are lighter: brush clearing along a fence line, or brush hogging a field that's grown up. Others are a whole building site. Tell each business which kind of job you have.
Ask before you hire
Land clearing services vary a lot from one piece of ground to the next. These five questions make bids easier to compare.