Highland Township became Michigan's first designated equestrian community in 2006, and it shows: horse fence along Milford, Hickory Ridge, Clyde and Duck Lake roads, riding trails into Highland Recreation Area, and two- to ten-acre wooded lots between Duck Lake, White Lake and Kellogg Lake. It is forty minutes from Royal Oak out M-59.

The pasture and paddock work never ends. Autumn olive and multiflora rose come in from the fence line, the wooded back acres fill with buckthorn under the oaks, and the trail that connected the barn to the back forty grows shut. We reclaim pasture, open fence lines, cut riding trails and clear building sites, all ground into a chip layer in place, and we schedule around turnout so the horses stay out of the way of the machine.

Where we work in Highland Township: Highland, Clyde, Hickory Ridge, Seven Harbors, West Highland, East Highland and the M-59, Milford, Hickory Ridge, Clyde and Duck Lake road corridors.

Common Jobs in Highland Township

  • Pasture and paddock reclamation from autumn olive and rose, with fence lines opened for new board or wire.
  • Riding trails and access trails through the wooded back acres, with the overhead trimmed for a rider.
  • Wooded building sites on the dirt roads north of M-59, cleared to the footprint and drive.
  • Lake lot brush on Duck Lake, White Lake, Kellogg Lake and the smaller lakes, taken down to a chip layer that holds the bank.
  • Hunting parcels bordering Highland Recreation Area: trails, lanes and plots.
Highland Recreation Area: the oak-and-meadow country of Highland Township.
Highland Recreation Area: the oak-and-meadow country of Highland Township.
Highland Township from the air: lakes, woods and horse country.
Highland Township from the air: lakes, woods and horse country.

Questions We Hear in Highland

Can you work around my horses?

Yes. Tell us the turnout schedule and we work the far paddock while the horses are in the near one, or the other way around. Nothing is left in the pasture that could end up in a hoof, and the chip layer can be grazed over once the grass comes through.

Do you cut riding trails?

Yes. Trails are cut wide enough for a horse and rider with the overhead trimmed, and the chip base is quiet and sheds water on the grades. See our trail cutting page.

Overgrown Ground in Highland?

Send the address and a few photos through the quote form, or call. You will get one project price for the whole job, travel included.

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