Nearing the end of a ten year career as a Professional cyclist, I went back to my roots and started Woodchuck Tree Service. I grew up working with trees and happened across an opportunity to get back into the family business.
Owner Jed Bailey is a certified arborists who has trimmed hundreds of miles worth of trees along power lines in LaPlata and Archuleta County. Starting in 2008 with LPEA’S line clearance crew Jed developed a love for climbing that lead to the opening of Cutting Edge Tree Worx in 2014 and has proudly been serving the 4 Corners area since.
In the early 1980s Paul Mansolilli and Rick Birk were living and working in the Roaring Fork Valley when they decided to purchase a used grain truck with a dump bed to start performing job site clean-up and hauling on the side. Odd jobs kept flowing in and it was the cemetery clearing work that gave them the idea to go into business performing tree work. The first yellow page ad was placed in 1982 making that year the official origination date of Aspen Tree Service. For the first seven years of operation, Paul worked as the grounds man for Rick performing pruning and simple removals. In 1989, Rick decided to move his family back to Idaho, a welcome departure that allowed Paul the opportunity to follow his vision for the business and invest in quality equipment to display professionalism and reliability. In 1992, Paul's nephew, David Deyarmond, passed through town and half-heartedly accepted an offer to join the team the following summer. In the same season, Bill Dimsdale and George
Columbine Landscapes was created in 1997 to fill the garden maintenance niche in Durango. As far as we know it was the first of it's kind locally, grew quickly, and has continued to be the go-to company for specialists in maintaining perennial beds. Eva Montane, certified Landscape Designer, purchased the company in 2015, taking it to a new level of environmental sensitivity, and continuing the efficient and professional service for which it's always been known.
The State of Colorado delegates a general contractor licensing to building departments at the local level. A residential remodelers license, residential builders license, home improvement license or any permits to carry out a Tree Removal project are issued by the county or city regulation departments.