Tree removal in Standish, Maine.
Tall white pines are the signature tree of Standish, and they are also the trees most likely to end up leaning over a camp roof after a wet snow or a summer storm. On rural lots off Routes 25, 35 and 114, dead or storm-broken hardwoods near driveways and houses are the other kind of job.
We assess the tree and give a free on-site estimate, then remove it and haul the brush away. Large or hazardous takedowns are quoted case by case.
Timing often depends on who is around. The ACS counts 947 Standish homes held for seasonal or recreational use, and a pine that came down across a camp driveway in a January storm may not be found until the owner opens up in spring. A removal at a closed camp is scheduled for ground firm enough to carry equipment without rutting the yard.
Taking a tree down near the water
On a Sebago, Watchic or Bonny Eagle lot, removal is not only a rigging question. Maine's shoreland guidelines say that when a hazard or dead tree comes out of the buffer and leaves an opening, the gap has to be replanted with native trees unless young ones are already growing there. The 40 percent limit on tree volume over ten years applies across the whole shoreland zone, so a removal is weighed against what has already been cut on the lot.
Along the Saco, the Saco River Corridor Commission keeps a no-cut strip next to the river, so a removal there starts with a call to confirm what is allowed.
Regulated shoreline is common in Standish because the water is. Of the town's 80.59 square miles, 21.56 are water, between its share of Sebago and lakes such as Watchic and Bonny Eagle, so many lots have some part of the yard inside the 250-foot zone.
Ash, quarantines and brush
The Maine Forest Service includes Standish in its emerald ash borer quarantine, along with hemlock woolly adelgid, spongy moth and white pine blister rust. As ash trees decline, they become brittle and harder to climb safely, which pushes dead ash toward earlier removal. Wood and brush from these species stay within the rules for moving quarantined material.
We haul the brush from our removals ourselves, so the owner is left with a clean site rather than a pile to manage.
Dead · Storm-Damaged · Hazardous
How we handle tree removal
When a tree has to come down, we start with an honest assessment and a free on-site estimate, then remove it — unwanted, dead, storm-damaged or hazardous — and haul the brush away. Large or hazardous takedowns are quoted case by case.
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