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Tree Service in Chippewa County, WI

Wellner Arboriculture provides tree removal, pruning, land clearing, and plant health care across Chippewa County, WI. Our crew is based in Boyd, so everywhere from Chippewa Falls and Jim Falls to Cadott, Cornell, Stanley, and Bloomer is home territory for us.

Wellner Arboriculture tree service in Chippewa County, WI

Tree care across Chippewa County, WI

Chippewa County is several kinds of tree country in one. In Chippewa Falls and the other river towns, older lots carry mature trees that have grown up close to houses, garages, and boulevards, so the space around a tree matters as much as the tree itself. Toward Boyd, Cadott, Stanley, and Bloomer, the county shifts to farmsteads and wooded acreage, where fence lines grow shut, windbreaks thin out, and getting equipment to the work is half the job. Our crew handles both ends of that range, from tight city lots to wooded river properties, and treats every job as a question of what is around the tree, not just the tree.

What we handle in Chippewa County

In town, most calls start with one tree in a tight spot. When a tree is dead, declining, or leaning over something you care about, we plan tree removal around whatever sits close by, rigging the tree down in sections where a house, garage, or power line rules out felling it whole. Plenty of trees do not need to come down at all. Tree and shrub pruning restores clearance over roofs, driveways, and boulevards and takes weight out of overextended limbs before they fail on their own. With the tree down, stump grinding takes the stump out below the soil line so the spot is usable again, and tree planting puts a better-suited tree in its place if you want the shade back someday.

On farmsteads and rural acreage, the scale changes and so does the equipment. Overgrown fence lines, brush swallowing a back field, a windbreak that has thinned out, that is the work our lot clearing and forestry mowing is built for, and access matters as much as the trees themselves. On properties with older or unstable trees, a tree risk assessment from a certified arborist sorts out which trees need attention first, and plant health care keeps the ones you are keeping vigorous for the long run. When weather does the deciding for you, emergency storm cleanup is available by appointment.

Storms and emerald ash borer in Chippewa County

Two problems put Chippewa County trees on the ground outside anyone’s plans. The first is wind. A single line of storms can split a tree over a driveway or leave a limb hung in the canopy, and a hung limb is not a wait-and-see situation, it needs to come down before it comes down on its own. The second is emerald ash borer. An ash that is still reasonably healthy can often be treated and kept for years, but once decline sets in, the wood turns brittle and the tree gets harder to take down safely. That makes the treat-or-remove decision worth settling early, before the next storm settles it for you.

Chippewa County tree service questions

Do you cover the whole county or just the Boyd area?
The whole county. Our crew is based in Boyd and works from Chippewa Falls to Cornell and everywhere between.

Can you remove a tree from a tight lot near a house or power lines?
Yes. We rig trees down in sections in close quarters near homes and power lines, and we take on large removals and woodlot work on rural acreage as well.

Should I treat my ash tree or have it removed?
It depends on the tree’s condition. An ash that is still mostly healthy can often be treated and kept, and one that is clearly declining is safer to remove before the wood turns brittle.

We also provide tree service in Chippewa Falls, Bloomer, Stanley, and Cornell, along with communities across the Chippewa Valley. See all service areas →