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Tree service in Evans, CO

Evans sits directly south of Greeley along the South Platte, and its tree population reflects that. We work here constantly.

What we see in Evans

Evans has two distinct tree situations and they need different things.

Along the river. The South Platte corridor through Evans supports big plains cottonwoods, some of them very large and very old. They are magnificent and they are structurally problematic — cottonwood is a soft, fast-growing wood that sheds large limbs, and mature specimens routinely exceed what can be dismantled by conventional rigging. A lot of our crane work is on Evans cottonwoods.

Riverside trees also carry the legacy of the 2013 South Platte flood. Trees that sat in standing water or had soil deposited over their root flares suffered root damage that took years to show. Some of what looks like sudden decline in Evans is a decade-old injury finally catching up.

The older residential grid. North and central Evans has the same 1960s and 70s housing stock as much of Greeley, planted with the same trees — ash, silver maple, Siberian elm. Which means the same problems: emerald ash borer, iron chlorosis, and unions that split under wet spring snow.

Ash in Evans

Evans is inside Colorado's emerald ash borer quarantine along with the rest of Weld County. If you have an ash on your property, it needs looking at annually, and material from it cannot be moved out of the quarantine area. See emerald ash borer for the identification signs.

Flood-zone considerations

If your property is in the South Platte floodplain, two things matter for trees. Soil deposited over a root flare after high water suffocates roots slowly, and the fix is excavating back down to the flare rather than leaving it buried. And trees in saturated soil are far more likely to fail at the root plate in wind, because there is nothing holding the plate down.

What we do in Evans

Evans is inside the City of Greeley service area we cover daily. Every crew working on woody plants over 10 feet in height in Greeley itself holds a current City tree service license, and we carry full liability and workers' compensation insurance countywide.

Questions we get about this

Do you actually serve Evans?

Yes. Evans has a population of about 22,000 and sits inside our normal daily service area out of Greeley. There is no travel surcharge.

Is Evans inside the emerald ash borer quarantine?

Yes. Evans is in Weld County, which sits inside Colorado's emerald ash borer quarantine area. Ash trees should be inspected annually and ash wood and chips cannot be moved out of the zone.

Do I need a permit to remove a tree?

Rules differ by jurisdiction. In Greeley, trees on private property generally do not need a permit but trees in the public right of way do. Check with the Evans town offices for local requirements before removing a street tree.

Do you charge for an estimate?

No. We come out, look at the tree, and give you a fixed price in writing before any work starts.

How soon can you come out?

Estimates usually within a couple of days. Scheduled work typically runs one to three weeks out depending on season. Hazardous trees and storm damage move to the front of the queue.