Entry Service
$395 flat
Land Health Walk
A 90-minute to 2-hour walk to get clear on the decision in front of you. We start with what you're trying to do, then read enough of the place to see what is happening, what still needs checking, and what ought to come first.
- Answer questions like what the place has to do, who makes the decisions, what labor exists, and what is already planned or bought
- Representative walk of the places that tell us the most, not an every-acre inspection
- Soil observations where practical, safe, and useful, including a shovel in the ground instead of guessing from the surface
- What was observed, reported, measured, inferred, and what still needs verification
- Plain-English field note within 72 hours: what I saw, what I think it means, what to do first, what can wait, what to avoid, and what to watch
- Areas walked, areas not walked, and the questions the Walk cannot answer
- Walk credit: If the Walk becomes the first field read for a Land & Management Baseline on the same property, the full $395 is credited toward that work.
The $395 price is for the local service area. Travel outside it is priced separately.
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Deeper Work
Starting at $3,500
Land & Management Baseline
When the question reaches beyond a first read, this is where we slow down and define the whole before making a plan. What are you trying to build here? Who makes decisions, who influences them, and who else belongs in the conversation? What land, water, livestock, equipment, labor, skills, money, relationships, and existing commitments are already on the table? Then we put that beside what the property can support and what has to be decided first.
- The whole under management: what the place needs to produce, who makes and influences decisions, who does the work, and what quality of life the plan has to support
- Resource inventory: land, water, livestock, equipment, infrastructure, labor, skills, knowledge, money, relationships, and existing commitments
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) base, historical imagery, soils, ecological context, water, access, vegetation, and management history
- Hard-to-change constraints, weak links, dependencies, alternatives, and the order the work needs to happen
- Who belongs in the conversation and which questions need a specialist
- Repeatable photo points, monitoring indicators, and what would make us change course
- A written decision framework you can keep using after the report is done
If the Land Health Walk serves as the first field read for the same property, the full $395 is credited here.
Follow-On Work
Scoped to the job
Planning, Management & Monitoring
If the baseline shows there is more work to do, I can stay involved as the plan turns into actual work.
- Holistic Management planning, including Holistic Planned Grazing where livestock are part of the system
- Holistic Management financial planning for the operation: set the profit target first, look at what each enterprise is contributing, sort expenses by the work each one does, and decide where the next dollar does the most good
- Land planning informed by the Regrarians Platform and Keyline design, with water, access, ecosystems, buildings, fences, and soils considered in sequence
- Conservation program and grant readiness, application assistance, and coordination with agencies or technical specialists
- Owner-side project management, contractor coordination, and specialist coordination
- Monitoring to see whether the land is responding the way we expected
- Adjustment as land and operating conditions change
Financial planning here means planning the farm or ranch operation. It does not mean personal financial planning, investment advice, tax advice, accounting, or lending advice. When the decision needs one of those, I bring in the right professional.
Program and grant support: If a project may qualify for cost-share or grant help, I can help get the property and application material ready. That can include baseline documentation, maps, resource inventories, practice priorities, application assistance, and coordination with the agency or technical specialist. Eligibility, technical approval, and funding decisions stay with the program.
If a dam needs an engineer, a species question needs a wildlife biologist, or a test belongs in a lab, that work goes to the person qualified to own it. Firstground can keep the larger job connected.