Land Clearing & Reclamation
Brush, trees, and years of overgrowth cleared and reclaimed — turning unusable acreage back into open, accessible ground that is worth more.
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Farmerville is the seat of Union Parish, about 3,400 people wrapped around the shore of Lake D'Arbonne in the piney hills of north Louisiana. This is the town that puts on the Louisiana Watermelon Festival every July, and the parish around it runs to pine timber and chicken houses from one end to the other. Ground around Farmerville behaves nothing like the Delta flats around our shop. Big Cypress Land and Game is based in Rayville, 54 miles southeast, and the drive to Farmerville takes about an hour and ten minutes through the Monroe area. We cover Union Parish the same way we cover home ground.
Owner Mike Martien is a nationally recognized land specialist and an FAA Part 107 licensed drone pilot, and he looks at land the way Union Parish owners do, as something that ought to earn its keep. Our crew clears building sites, mulches cutover pine, cuts in gravel driveways and access roads, grinds stumps, builds ponds, and opens up hunting ground. We treat a half acre lake lot off Highway 2 with the same care as two hundred acres of planted pine outside Bernice. If you are staring at a thicket you cannot walk through or a driveway that washes every winter, call (318) 235-7597. Mike will walk the tract with you and give you a straight answer on what it needs.
Union Parish is timber country first. Planted pine and mixed pine and hardwood stands run from the Arkansas line down past Downsville, and plenty of tracts around Farmerville are cutover ground that was harvested years back and left alone since. Cutover pine land grows back mean. Sweetgum, briars, volunteer pine, and vines close in within a few seasons, until you cannot walk your own property line. Our forestry mulcher grinds that regrowth right where it stands and leaves the ground under a clean layer of mulch instead of burn piles and push piles. Nothing gets hauled off and the topsoil stays where it belongs.
Chinese privet is the other fight on this ground. It packs into creek bottoms and old fence lines and builds thickets tight enough to stop a four wheeler. A mulching head is one of the few practical ways to take heavy privet off real acreage, and the low flush that comes back afterward is easy to spot spray. We can take a tract down to open ground or thin it selective, so mature oaks and straight pine stay put while the junk underneath disappears. What you get back is timber you can walk and actually see through.
The hills around Farmerville are sandy loam over red clay, and sloped ground moves water hard when it storms. A driveway cut into a grade without a crown and a culvert in the right place will wash out by its second winter. We build gravel driveways and access roads to fit the slope, and we set pipe where the draws cross so runoff has somewhere to go. House pads and shop pads get the same treatment. We cut and fill to a level bench and compact it in lifts, so you build on firm dirt instead of a soft spot that settles under the slab.
That same red clay is why ponds hold here. We dig stock ponds and fishing ponds, core the dam with clay dug on site, and shape the banks so they mow clean. On the water side, Lake D'Arbonne covers 15,250 acres and carries a name as one of the best crappie lakes in the country, and camps and year round homes have filled in along its sloughs from the state park to the Highway 33 bridge. We clear lake lots, cut driveways down to the camp, and build pads that keep a slab high and dry on sloped shoreline ground.
Union Parish has a statewide name for deer hunting, and the reason is the ground itself. Rolling pine plantations, hardwood bottoms, swamps, and creek drains sit folded together in the same hills, and deer use every bit of it. Downstream of the lake, Bayou D'Arbonne winds toward the Ouachita River through the 17,421 acre D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge, ground local hunters know for deer and flooded timber ducks. Most hunting around Farmerville happens on private timber tracts and club leases, and that private ground is exactly what we improve.
Habitat work is half our name. We clear and plant food plots, cut shooting lanes that follow the terrain instead of fighting it, open up interior roads, and mulch travel corridors so a tract hunts bigger than its acreage. Mike flies every sizable job as an FAA Part 107 drone pilot. A drone map shows the drains and old skid trails and where water sits before a machine ever unloads, and when the work is done you get a clean aerial picture of every plot and lane. If you want a tract near Farmerville set up right before deer season, call (318) 235-7597.
Communities & areas we serve around Farmerville: Bernice, Marion, Downsville, Spearsville, Lillie, Junction City, Truxno, Conway, Ouachita City, Alabama Landing.
Farmerville ZIP codes served: 71241, 71222, 71234, 71256, 71260, 71277.
Free, no-obligation estimates throughout Union Parish and across Northeast Louisiana.
(318) 235-7597 Brush, trees, and years of overgrowth cleared and reclaimed — turning unusable acreage back into open, accessible ground that is worth more.
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Building pads, grading, leveling, and drainage shaping — stable, well-drained ground ready for construction, agriculture, or recreation.
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Access roads, gravel driveways, interior trails, and culvert crossings — all-weather access that makes your land usable and more valuable.
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Food plots, shooting lanes, trail systems, and habitat improvements designed to hold deer and grow healthier game — by a landowner who hunts his own work.
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FAA-certified aerial imagery, property mapping, and drone-based deer herd assessments — a clearer view of your land for planning, marketing, and management.
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What makes Big Cypress different: every project is guided by a nationally recognized land specialist with America’s Land Partners — so your improvements are planned around usability, enjoyment, and long-term value.
Meet MikeReal words from clients who’ve trusted Mike with their land as a land specialist with America’s Land Partners — the same care and work ethic he brings to every Big Cypress project.
“Mike Martien secured my real estate sale through very difficult circumstances. He went above and beyond what would be expected of any agent. Anyone would be in the best of hands letting Mike work for you and with you.”
“We’ve known Mike for over 30 years. His work ethic and knowledge are exceptional. He’s passionate about helping others, trustworthy, and puts his client’s needs first. We highly recommend him to anyone working with land.”
“Mike has lifelong experience dealing with land management and development. His experience shows in researching current trends and values. For the most appropriate valuations and ease of sales, he can’t be beat.”
“With an excessive amount of hurdles and more problems than anyone could imagine, he never slowed down or got discouraged. If anyone needs someone that is all about your best interest, this is the one to call.”
“He’s beyond knowledgeable about whatever it takes to get a land deal worked out — even the tax side. He did a whole lot of legwork to get it done. Thanks again Mike, appreciate it more than you know.”
“His commitment to his customer and to the detail of the task at hand is unrivalled. I suggest for anyone selling or buying any land to use him. You won’t be disappointed.”
A few of the questions we hear most around Farmerville. Don’t see yours? Call us — we’re happy to help.
Ready to improve, enjoy, or get more value out of your land in Northeast Louisiana? Reach out for a free, no-obligation consultation — and put a fellow landowner’s experience to work on your property. Buying or selling? Mike wears that hat too, as a land specialist with America’s Land Partners.