Forestry Mulching
A mulching head on our compact track loader grinds brush and small trees into mulch where they stand. The mulch stays on your land as ground cover, and the big trees you pick stay standing.
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Oconomowoc sits in Lake Country, where wooded lots run down to the water. Buckthorn and honeysuckle fill in under the oaks and maples until a lot feels closed in. On the edges of town, old fields go to brush while new streets go in nearby.
Oconomowoc is part of our service area, which reaches about 40 miles around North Prairie. Paulin Land Solutions does land clearing in Oconomowoc with a compact track loader and a mulching head. Brush and small trees become mulch that stays on the ground, as in all our land clearing across Waukesha County. Call or text (262) 527-7619, and we will look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the land you want cleared or graded and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
The city's history page says the area's native tribes called it Coo-no-mo-wauk, or where the waters meet. Fowler Lake covers 97 acres downtown, and Lac La Belle lies just to the northwest. Oconomowoc Lake and Okauchee Lake sit to the east, and the Oconomowoc River runs through the city.
From the 1870s until the Great Depression, the city was known as the Newport of the West. Wealthy families built summer homes on the lakes. Grand old homes still stand along parts of the shore, per that same history page.
Lots like these fill in when the understory is left alone. Buckthorn and honeysuckle crowd under the big trees until the lake view is gone. Our buckthorn removal mulches those thickets to the ground, and the mature trees you want stay standing.
Oconomowoc keeps growing. The Census Bureau counted 18,203 people in 2020 and estimates about 20,100 for mid-2025. Census permit data shows 100 new single-family homes permitted in 2021 and 154 in 2025.
About 13 percent of the city's homes date to 1939 or earlier. More than a third were built in 2000 or later, per Census survey data. Older lots near the lakes can carry big trees and a thick understory.
In 2025 the city approved plats at Prairie Creek Ridge, Arrowood, Olde Highlander and Weston Acres, per its housing report. Pabst Farms, along I 94, mixes new homes with shops and business space. On the southeast side, Olympia Fields is reworking a former resort and golf course into a new neighborhood.
Typical single-family lots in the city run 10,000 to 14,000 square feet, per that housing report. Wooded lots and lake lots take more work before a builder can start. Our site preparation mulches brush and small trees off the building area and the drive. The trees you want to keep stay standing.
First, find out which government your land sits in. The City of Oconomowoc and the Town of Oconomowoc are separate governments with separate offices. The Village of Oconomowoc Lake has its own offices too. Waukesha County handles zoning for the Village of Lac La Belle.
Chapter 19 of the city code covers storm water and erosion control. It requires a permit once land disturbance reaches 3,000 square feet. Grading counts, and so does clearing land for a future build. On shoreland, filling or digging more than 15 cubic yards also needs the permit.
Engineering, part of the city's Department of Public Works, issues that permit. For a new one- or two-family home, the building inspector handles erosion control instead. Anywhere in the area, grading or fill in a wetland can need a Wisconsin DNR permit.
Outside the city, Waukesha County Parks and Land Use regulates shoreland in the unincorporated towns. That means land within 1,000 feet of a lake or 300 feet of a river or stream. The first 35 feet from the water is a vegetation buffer zone. Removing invasive brush there takes a county permit and replanting.
Before grading or digging anywhere, Wisconsin law says to contact Diggers Hotline at 811 three working days ahead. We point you to the right office before the work starts.
About 43 percent of the city sits on Fox soils, per the NRCS soil survey. Fox is a well-drained silt loam over sand and gravel outwash. Wetter Matherton silt loam and Houghton muck sit in the low spots.
The same survey rates most of the city's soils limited for local roads, with frost action the main reason. A gravel drive here holds up better on a firm base with a crown that sheds water. We grade and re-crown gravel driveways with the track loader.
FEMA maps flood zones along the Oconomowoc River and Rosenow Creek. Wet ground near the water is often easier to reach once it freezes.
The NRCS names red oak and white oak among the native trees on Fox soils. Oak wilt is widespread in southern Wisconsin, says the Wisconsin DNR. Its risk runs highest from April through July, when beetles carry spores to fresh wounds. If your woods hold oaks, ask about timing before forestry mulching starts.
Communities and areas we serve around Oconomowoc: Fowler Lake, Lac La Belle, Oconomowoc Lake, Okauchee Lake, Oconomowoc River, Rosenow Creek, Pabst Farms, Olympia Fields, Prairie Creek Ridge, Olde Highlander, Roosevelt Park, Lake Country Trail.
Oconomowoc ZIP codes served: 53066.
Oconomowoc is part of our service area. We look at the job first, then put the quote in writing.
(262) 527-7619 A mulching head on our compact track loader grinds brush and small trees into mulch where they stand. The mulch stays on your land as ground cover, and the big trees you pick stay standing.
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We cut overgrown fields and pastures with a brush hog on our compact track loader. Tall weeds and saplings up to a few inches thick come down so the land stays open.
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We mulch honeysuckle and buckthorn out from under your mature trees. The trees stay standing, and you can see and walk through your woods again.
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We mulch common and glossy buckthorn thickets to the ground with a track loader and a mulching head. The woods open up, and the regrowth gets easier to keep after.
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We level rough ground and grade pads with a compact track loader. We also backfill around new foundations and spread fill a supplier delivers.
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We mulch brush and small trees off the building spot and the drive, and leave the mature trees you want. Then we grade a rough pad with our compact track loader.
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We build gravel driveways and driveway pads on a graded base. We also regrade rutted, washed-out driveways and put the crown back so rain runs off.
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We cut hunting trails and ATV lanes through brush and saplings with a mulching head. We also reopen old trails and lanes that have grown shut.
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We mulch brush and saplings under power lines and along utility easements on private land. The lines and the trees near the wires stay with the utility.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Oconomowoc. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Send us the town and a few words about the land, and we will look at the job. You can also call or text (262) 527-7619.
Tell us about the land you want cleared or graded and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.