What happens after a mine is closed? A mine’s window of usefulness may last a few years or a few decades. However, once the mineral resources are exhausted or operations are no longer profitable, crews can’t just pack up and…
Lake Charles native Stanley Caldarera started what became Stan's Airboat and Marsh Excavator Service back in 1994. Although our business is based in the small town of Iowa, Louisiana, our reach has grown over the last 23 years to include…
Coastal Louisiana marshes include more than 956,000 acres of fresh marsh and nearly 730,000 acres of saltwater marsh, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Stan's Airboat and Marsh Excavator Service knows that surveying hard-to-reach areas like coastal waterways and shallow…
Stan's Airboat and Marsh Excavator Service has become the go-to wetlands maintenance service for oil and utilities companies. Sure, they take dryworks jobs, but wetlands excavation, land clearing, and pipeline are their specialties. Louisiana’s swamps are muddy. Wet sediment is…
If you need work done in hard-to-access wetlands and unstable terrains where a human can’t easily walk, the Stan's Airboat and Marsh Excavator Service fleet of hard-working buggies can get the job done. Whether it’s tree grubbing, marsh excavation, trenching,…
Stan's Airboat and Marsh Excavator Service specializes in pipeline right-of-way reclamation and maintenance, oil spill cleanup in wetlands and low-lying areas, debris removal; and disaster search, rescue, and recovery. But once in awhile we have to take care of a…
With Excavators, Sometimes Smaller is Better Although most folks would have you believe that "bigger is always better,” when it comes to excavating jobs, small marsh excavators are the way to go. Do you need a marsh excavator for your trenching…
Discover Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin Located in south-central Louisiana, the Atchafalaya Basin is bordered by the Mississippi River and Tributaries (MR&T) system levees, which constantly changes the Basin’s landscape. The Basin begins by Simmesport, LA, and spans 140 miles south, all…
Excavation tools? That's something we're passionate about here at Stan's Airboat and Marsh Excavator Service. The excavators we use are sophisticated, intelligent, and, let’s face it, pretty cool. If you’re someone who enjoys the occasional video of a cool piece…
In the business of wetlands excavation and dredging, there are two main types of dredges: mechanical and hydraulic. Both of these dredges serve a purpose, but the hydraulic dredge, as you will see, is less damaging to the Louisiana bayou.…
