Benton County is the core service area: Warsaw, Lincoln, Cole Camp, Edwards, and the smaller communities around Truman Lake.
Around the county
- Lincoln and the north county. Pasture ground along US 65 where cedar spreads fastest. Clearing while the stems are small costs far less per acre than waiting until the stand closes.
- Cole Camp. Farm country where most clearing is edges: fence lines, waterways, and neglected corners coming back into use.
- Edwards and the south county. Rockier and more wooded. Hunting parcels and cabin ground, where mulched trails and openings work better than blade clearing on slopes.
- Lake parcels. Anywhere near the shoreline, the Corps of Engineers boundary question comes first; see the Warsaw page.
Why cedar spreads so fast here
The county sits on the transition between prairie and Ozark woodland, which is the ground eastern redcedar colonizes fastest. Fire used to keep it out of the grass. Without fire, unmowed pasture fills in over a couple of decades. Details and costs are on the cedar removal page.
Hunting ground
A large share of clearing work in this county is habitat work: shooting lanes, food plot openings, access trails, and screening cover left in place on purpose. Mulching suits it because openings can be cut selectively without disturbing the rest of the cover.
Regulations
Benton County has no county-wide zoning, so clearing vegetation on private ground normally involves no permit. The exceptions are floodplain rules, county septic permits, and the federal ground around Truman Lake. For cost-share on cedar work, approval is needed before clearing starts; see cedar removal.
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