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40 Acres on the Hillsides Above Walla Walla: A Major Pasture Reclamation Project
In the fall of 2025, Rugged Land completed what would become our largest project to date...a multi-phase pasture mowing and land reclamation project located on the steep hillsides near McKay Grade just east of Walla Walla. By the time the final phase was complete, we had reclaimed just over 40 acres of overgrown pasture spread across rugged rolling terrain. While the project itself was broken into three separate phases, the overall goal remained the same from start to finish:

Shane
May 124 min read


Wildfire Mitigation and Property Reclamation in the Blue Mountains
In August, Rugged Land was contacted by a landowner who owned rural property east of Walla Walla, nestled in the scenic Blue Mountains....

Shane
Oct 5, 20253 min read


Transforming Your Mountain Property: A Rugged Land Success Story
Recently, Rugged Land was contacted by a new customer who owned a mountain property and cabin outside Walla Walla along Mill Creek Road....

Shane
Aug 23, 20253 min read


Blackberry Brush Clearing near Walla Walla Restores Overgrown Pasture
This rugged brush clearing job just outside of Milton-Freewater, Oregon transformed 1.5 acres of thick blackberries, grass, and hemlock into usable, fire-safe land. A Pasture Overrun by Blackberries Becomes a Hazard When a landowner located about 15 miles outside of Walla Walla reached out to us, his 1.5-acre pasture had become completely overgrown with dense blackberry vines, tall grass, hemlock, and thistles. The blackberry growth was so extreme that it was climbing up the

Shane
Jul 31, 20252 min read


Brush Clearing and Trail Access Improvement in Coppei Creek
A Message Through Facebook This job began like many of our favorite projects, through a simple message. A landowner near Coppei Creek, just outside of Dixie and Waitsburg, reached out to us via Facebook. He explained that he owned a large piece of steep, forested land and wanted better access to it for hunting. His request: reopen an old logging road that hadn’t been used in decades. I let him know that while we don’t build finished roads, we specialize in clearing overgrown

Shane
Jul 28, 20252 min read


Clearing the Way for Harvest – Brush Clearing Job off Mill Creek Road
In late June of 2025, we wrapped up our second job of the season, located just east of Walla Walla up Mill Creek Road. The customer...

Shane
Jul 21, 20252 min read


Rugged Land’s First Job: Mowing a Pasture in Walla Walla
On June 7, 2025, Rugged Land officially kicked off its journey with our first job: mowing a 0.5-acre pasture just outside of Walla Walla....

Shane
Jul 11, 20251 min read
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