This 60-acre reforestation program started as a barberry removal project, but stressors opened the canopy and released large Japanese stilt grass infestations.

ArcheWild ecologists designed the canopy gap closure plan to introduce species more suitable to the current and future conditions, shifting from hemlock and sugar maple to white pine, oak, and hickory.

Tubes an a mile of temporary deer fencing protects the seedlings. 

Invasive control and woodland species reintroduction accompany the monitoring and maintenance phase of the project.