Archewild

06/12/2026

The restoration of a 150-acre riparian floodplain is officially underway. The process starts with suppressing Reed canary grass, an invasive.

06/07/2026

Meadow maintenance and evaluating the use of cereal grains as a cover crop. Do they really need mowing?

06/07/2026

Evaluating the use of cover crops in building meadows in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

06/02/2026

ArcheWild is building a 130 acre riparian buffer over the next few years. Several decades of Reed canary thatch needed removed and burning seemed the best option. DCNR burned the meadow for us. Now it's our turn.

05/30/2026

Quick walthrough of an old growth forest remnant. See what a healthy, uneven-aged forest looks like. Learn about how canopy gaps form and what can grow in them. See some big trees.

05/30/2026

05/30/2026

Checking in on the reed canary grass at Little Pine. It's doing very well after a low-intensity burn, but almost no natives sprung up. There weren't many to begin with, but we wanted to remove the thatch to see what might recover. We're ready to proceed to a fill RCG control program ahead of its restoration over the next few years.

05/24/2026

Worked on a meadow enhancement project this week. Botanical survey, ecological analysis, and invasive control. Species introductions in a couple of weeks.

Climate change is ravaging our natural meadows. Marginal species fade and are replaced with weeds. Invasive removal should be followed with smart species selections, to evolve a meadow forward.

05/24/2026

Worked on a meadow enhancement project this week. Botanical survey, ecological analysis, and invasive control. Introducing new species in a couple of weeks.

Climate change is ravaging Meadows. Marginal species fade out and get replaced with weeds. Invasive suppression should be accompanied by smart species selection, to evolve the meadow forward.

05/03/2026

Walk through of the first two weeks of a three-year meadow building process at Trexler Nature Preserve.