Our Crew & Team
Trained land management professionals with prescribed-fire experience dedicated to keeping Alabama's lands healthy, safe, and productive.
Trained land management professionals with prescribed-fire experience dedicated to keeping Alabama's lands healthy, safe, and productive.
Central Alabama Land Services is family owned and operated by Christopher and Laci Slagley. Together they bring hands-on experience in prescribed burning, forestry, and practical rural land management — built on faith, family, and a commitment to making your land better.
Owner & Operator
Christopher Slagley is the owner and operator of Central Alabama Land Services. He holds Alabama Certified Prescribed Burn Manager certification (#3266), Georgia Certified Burn Manager certification, OSHA 30 training, and CPR training. His work focuses on prescribed fire, habitat improvement, land management, and responsible stewardship.
Business & Operations Lead
Laci keeps CALS running behind the scenes, managing scheduling, customer care, and day-to-day operations. As partner in both the business and the family, she ensures every landowner is treated like a neighbor — with clear communication, honest answers, and care from the first call to the final walkthrough.
CALS projects are completed with a hands-on approach focused on safety, communication, equipment readiness, and responsible land management.
Projects are approached with careful planning, clear communication, and attention to site conditions.
Land-management work is matched to the property, project goals, and conditions on the ground.
Burn work is guided by documented plans, weather monitoring, fuel conditions, contingency planning, and post-burn oversight.
We work directly with landowners to understand objectives and keep expectations clear throughout the project.
CALS is committed to continuing education, responsible land stewardship, project planning, and safety-focused operations.
Christopher Slagley has completed OSHA 30 training focused on workplace safety awareness and hazard recognition.
Land management projects are approached with careful planning, communication, and attention to site conditions.
Equipment operation, prescribed fire activities, and land-management work are conducted with a strong emphasis on safety and responsible stewardship.
Every CALS project is guided by a commitment to continuing education, responsible land stewardship, careful project planning, and safety-focused operations. We approach each property with respect for the land and the landowner — working to deliver work that is planned carefully, communicated clearly, and carried out responsibly.
When you hire Central Alabama Land Services, you're not getting a subcontractor who showed up from a day-labor lot. You're getting a trained crew led by an Alabama Certified Prescribed Burn Manager that treats your land like our own.