Prescribed Fire Contractors
Conservation District Services
County conservation districts often have a listing of contractors who provide services for items such as pond building, dirt work, mechanical pasture clearing, down to at times, prescribed burning. These offices can be a great place to start for contract work as they may have more insight to local resources.
To locate your county's Conservation District Office, view this map and click on your county.
Contractors
These individuals or companies are available for hire as prescribed fire contractors. This contact information is provided as a courtesy and service, and while every effort has been made to verify accuracy of information, it may change without our knowledge. Listings do not constitute endorsement of these providers, and do not imply that they are the only source of help. If you are a contractor who would like to be added to this list, please fill out this form.
AJM Enterprises
Adam Makovec
Lincolnville, KS
785-512-0255
adamjmak.fire@gmail.com
Cole's Pasture Services LLC
Cole Deghand
4213 SE Kentucky Ct.
Topeka, KS
785-221-6318
coledeghand44@gmail.com
Topeka Area
Farr Farms LLC
Alex Farr
P.O. Box 706
Palmer Lake, Colorado 80133
719-313-3702
farrfarmsllc@gmail.com
Fire for Hire, LLC
Nathan Brunner
3581 Pawnee Rd
Ramona KS 67475
785-366-3682 (Nathan)
Deere9700@hotmail.com
https://www.landcan.org/local-resources/Fire-4-Hire/59064
Grassland Management, LLC
Martin Lohrke
17088 SW 100th Street
Nashville, KS 67112
620-246-5367
grasslandmanagement@gmail.com
In The Backwoods Consulting LLC
David McKinney
520 N 5th St. Lot 1
LaCygne, KS
913-256-9174
inthebackwoodsmac@gmail.com
inthebackwoods.com
Service area: Linn, Miami, Franklin and Anderson counties.
Lite Em Up Custom Burning
Rick Craig
Seward, NE
402-641-1245
402-643-5263
liteemupcustom@yahoo.com
Ranchland Development, Inc.
Roland Spencer PO Box 613
Winfield, KS 67156
620-221-2200
https://www.ranchlanddevelopment.com/
Robert Swonger
Bloom, KS 67865
620-255-5352
Primairly serving Ford and Clark Counties
Safe Burn Land Services LLC
Mike Hirschmann
P.O Box 364
Baldwin City Kansas 66006
785-979-2954
Safeburnlandservices@gmail.com
Facebook: @safeburnlandservices
Consultants
These individuals are available to provide free or for-hire consulting services, with specific expertise in prescribed fire. They can assist with writing burn plans and other aspects of preparing to conduct a safe and effective burn, but will not actually perform the burning.
Dr. Walt Fick
Extension Specialist in rangeland and pasture management
Throckmorton Hall, KSU Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone: (785) 532-7223
Email: whfick@ksu.edu
Ray Guse
Smoked Goose Consulting 6 Farver Lane
Tonasket, WA 98855
Phone: 509-322-5542
www.smokedgooseconsulting.com
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
Assistance in writing burn plans and related activities.
Contact your county NRCS service center, or visit http://www.ks.nrcs.usda.gov for further information or to be put in contact with a specialist.