Reforestation

Forests are the penultimate plant community for most East Coast regions. Creating new forests or augmenting existing ones should be performed through the lens of sound ecological principles, particularly in the context of changing weather patterns.

Site Evaluation

ArcheWild ecologists explore and document the unique soil composition, hydrologic profile, and environmental trend of each forest tract to forecast its optimal future composition.

Species Selection

Our ecological models guide selecting an optimal set of species attuned to the future potential of a forest tract. The right trees for tomorrow might be different from today.

Plant Palette

Consult a reforestation manager to choose the most effective plant forms for your project. Our nursery can supply an ideal mix of plants forms based on your budget and planting window.

Layout and Planting

Successful reforestation projects engage our ecologists to perform in-field layouts to optimize long-term survival and performance. Our planters achieve 95% establishment success.

ArcheWild is the largest private reforestation and afforestation firm operating in the mid-Atlantic. Our professional in-house planting teams have planted 100s of thousands of trees throughout PA, WV, NJ, NY and MD.

Our staff ecologists optimize each reforestation project by using sound ecological principles and advanced models to adjust species lists, establish appropriate clusterings, and direct planting activities in the field.

Our nursery custom- and contract-grows unique species and forms for reforestation purposes to help planners achieve their authenticity and biodiversity goals. Our containerless and restoration gallons easily outperform bare root and traditional containers.

Reforestation and Upland Forests

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Large Mobilized Planting Team 150 acres Ecologist Led Planting Riparian Buffer Adjuncts

Fort Indiantown Gap

This reforestation project was designed to improve the quality of the forest on the base, which had degraded due to weather pattern changes, insect damage, and human activities.

ArcheWild planted more than 50,000 trees grown from mostly PA-sourced seeds.

Timelines were very compressed, so ArcheWild deployed a large team, pulling from other departments to get the job done before summer.

We replaced the dying ash and silver maple forests with a more site-appropriate mix of white pine, oaks, and hickories, among others.

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Red Spruce Restoration at high Elevation Intrepid Planters Working in Storm Conditions Red Spruce Distribution Plan Monitoring Previous Planting Success

Red Spruce Forest Restoration

Red spruce terminal forests were harvested almost out of existence in the 19th century, and they cannot recover without our help.

Agencies in West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania have been working hard for decades to rebuild these forest habitats for hares and warblers, and ArcheWild has been supporting them along the way.

A new 200-acre red spruce restoration project is starting up in 2025 in Pennsylvania and ArcheWild ecologists are leading the planting plan and the planting teams.

Call ArcheWild for all of your red spruce restoration needs.

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Invasive Control and Clearing Reforestation with Tubes and Stakes Large Canopy Gaps Deer Fenced Herbaceous Species Reintroduction

Tinicum Reforestation

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.

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2.5 Miles of Contour Swales Planting in Ripped Soils Excellent Initial Survival Dense Spacing Suppresses Weeds

Farm Afforestation

Some farm fields, particularly those rented out for several decades, have reached the end of their useful life, even for hay. What to do next? Build a forest! But wait, it’s not that easy.

If a farm field cannot grow hay, how would forest seedlings fair?

Building a new forest where there hasn’t been one for hundreds of years requires improving the soil by greatly increasing its water holding capacity and its carbon and nitrogen content using nurse trees.

Building soils is not agroforestry, it is an essential first step in afforestation without which a new forest planting can fail.

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Insect Damage Brought Down an Entire Woodland Tornado Damage Destroyed Dozens of Acres ArcheWild Rapid Response Team Closing the Gaps as Quickly as Possible

Blowdown and Damage Repair

Hurricanes, straight wind, and even tornado occurrence is on the rise damaging small and large forests throughout the mid-Atlantic.

In densely populated areas, disturbed forests don’t repair themselves, they become invasive infestations and subject to erosion.

Protecting water quality and wildlife habitat mandates that we repair damaged forests quickly.

The ArcheWild forestry team is ready to act on a moment’s notice and tackle the clearing, pre-emptive invasive control, replanting, and reseeding that are essential post-storm activities.

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Reforestation

Site Evaluation

Species Selection

Plant Palette

Layout and Planting

Reforestation and Upland Forests

Fort Indiantown Gap

Red Spruce Forest Restoration

Tinicum Reforestation

Farm Afforestation

Blowdown and Damage Repair

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