Prescribed Burns
Forestry
Meadows & Grassland
Invasive Plant Management
Before & After

Our Portfolio

Fairfax County Park Authority IPM

Fairfax County Park Authority's Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices.

Glenstone Rx Fire

Prescribed fire at Glenstone Museum to enhance meadow health.

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Pittsburgh Botanical Garden.

Pearlstone Rx Fire

Controlled burn at Pearlstone to manage invasive species.

Friendship Hill

Friendship Hill National Historic Site.

WVTNC IPM

West Virginia Nature Conservancy's IPM practices.

Prescribed Burns

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Forestry

A wood chipper in a forest cutting a tree trunk, with wood chips flying out.
A man wearing safety gear uses a chainsaw to cut a fallen tree in a forest.
A person wearing an orange shirt and tan pants operating a small excavator with a large auger attachment in a wooded area, preparing to drill into the ground for planting or utility work.
A forest scene with trees and green foliage, where a yellow ASV machine is removing a large hazard tree, creating dust and debris in the air.
Nature Works Workers install white protective posts around a native tree planting along a forest trail in a wooded area with fallen leaves and bare trees.
A tracked forestry machine holding a large uprooted tree with roots and dirt, in an open grassy field under a cloudy sky.
A forestry contractor wearing an orange shirt and yellow helmet walking next to a wood chipper on a grassy and dirt area, with trees in the background.
A green John Deere forestry machine with a yellow attachment working in a wooded area with trees and fallen branches.
A person wearing an orange shirt, tan pants, gloves, and a yellow helmet using a hammer to plant native trees on a grassy hillside with trees and a clear blue sky in the background.
A landscaper with a red and black tractor is forestry mulching a dense hedge of evergreen bushes and tall leafless trees in the background, indicating autumn.
A wooded area with a native tree planting by contractors with leafless trees and white tree protectors on some of the trunks, on a cloudy day with brown grass and patches of green.
A grassy field with a native tree planting white posts and supports, trees in the background, and a clear blue sky.
A sloped dirt area with sparse grass and scattered small trees, leading up to a group of taller trees and a small structure or shed in the background, under a clear blue sky.
Three people planting a tree on a sloped grassy area surrounded by trees, with a white protective tube nearby.
A small tracked bulldozer cutting down a bush in a wooded area.
A tracked forestry mulcher clearing trees in a forested area.
A small black and yellow tracked skid-steer loader with a hydraulic rake attachment clearing trees and debris in a wooded area.
A small bulldozer on a pile of dirt and rocks, with a wooded forest in the background.
Cleared forest with fallen logs and a tractor in the distance under a partly cloudy sky.
Part of a yellow bulldozer or excavator in a forested area with fallen leaves, trees, and dirt trail.
A forestry mulcher thinning a forest in Virginia to preform hazard fuel reduction
A large black and orange front-end loader tractor parked on a patchy snow-covered ground with trees in the background.
Two people in helmets and outdoor gear standing in a wooded area on a fallen leaves-covered forest floor, one holding a measuring tape and the other holding a clipboard preforming a timber harvest assesment and talking.

Meadows & Grasslands

Two men working on a hillside with a green erosion control mat and wooden stakes, in West Virginia under a clear blue sky.
Tray of potted plants, likely native grasses to the eastern US, inside the bed of a pickup truck, with gardening tools and twine, showing signs of recent watering or rain.
Two people working in a field with plants, using tools. One person is kneeling and the other is bending over, both wearing gloves and hats, surrounded by dry plants and greenery.
A vibrant native wildflower meadow with yellow, purple, and pink flowers under a clear sky.
A field of native yellow and orange wildflowers with green foliage, a black pickup truck with a 'Sustainable' logo parked on grass, and tall green trees in the background under a partly cloudy blue sky. pollinator and songbird habitat
A wetland scene at sunset with water reflecting the sky and surrounding grasses, and a line of bare trees in the background.
A small, tracked, white vehicle with the words 'Marsh Master' on its side, parked in a field of tall, dry grass with leafless trees and a cloudy sky in the background.
A green tractor working on a dirt field on a sunny day with trees in the background.
Two people working in a field of wildflowers with trees in the background, using tools near a green flexible barrier.
A vast field of yellow wildflowers with green foliage, trees in the background, and a clear blue sky above.
A small tracked skid steer loader on a muddy field with droughted grass and a cloudy sky in the background.
A person wearing a red helmet operating a green tractor with a red mower attachment in a field with bare trees and blue sky.
A tractor pulling a seed spreader across a dirt field, creating a trail of dust.
A person dressed in white protective suit operating a green tractor with a sprayer in a grassy field with trees in the background.

Invasive Plant Management

A contractor in an orange jacket, gray pants, a white hat, and a backpack walks through a grassy area near dense green trees under a blue sky with a few clouds. Person is preforming herbicide application on invasive tree of heaven
contractor in protective suit spraying herbicide to treat weeds and invasive grass with a high pressure sprayer net in a grassy field under a partly cloudy sky.
A grassy outdoor park scene with large pine trees overhead. There are bushes and plants in the background, and a person on ATV boom sprayer preforming invasive plant control. The picture is taken in sunlight, casting shadows on the ground.
A person wearing a white helmet and dark clothing wielding a chainsaw stands in a dense green forest, surrounded by tall trees and lush vegetation.
Two weed spraying contractors wearing helmets and carrying red backpacks working in a National Park dense forest using herbicide to treat invasive plants in western Pennsylvania .
Nature Works contractor riding an ATV through a grassy field with a boom sprayer attached to treat invasive grasses on a sunny day with a few clouds in the sky.
Worker in protective gear spraying pesticide or herbicide on plants in a green outdoor area next to a parked pickup truck, with trees and blue sky in the background.
A broken white coffee mug lying on green grass, with numerous small black Mile-a-minute weevils as a biocontrol for invasive weeds and invasive vines
A person dressed in full protective white suit, including face shield and gloves, preforming planting maintenance in a field with small white stakes marking planting rows, with trees visible in the background under a clear blue sky.
A person in protective white clothing, teal gloves, and holding a high pressure herbicide spray gun, standing in a lush green field with trees in the background spraying invasive plants.
Three nature works certified pesticide applicators spraying invasive plants in the Mid-Atlanitc
A forestry worker wearing a white helmet, safety glasses, turquoise gloves, and khaki pants, using equipment to treed weeds in a dense forest.
Three workers in safety helmets and gloves in a forest, using spray equipment to treat or manage invasive plants in Virginia State forests
A man wearing a helmet and gloves is spraying trees with a backpack sprayer in a forest. Nature Works employee spraying invasive plants in Virginia
Four people in work gear and helmets with sprayers on their backs are gathered in a dense green forest, appearing to plan or discuss their activity. This is an invasive plant treatment for Fairfax County Virginia
A man wearing a safety helmet, gloves, and a backpack sprayer is spraying in a dense green forest spraying herbicide to treat invasive plants and invasive weeds.

Before & After

Before

A small tunnel entrance surrounded by thick green bushes and roots, with a yellow wooden frame in the foreground. forestry mulching contracting

After

View from a yellow bulldozer looking up a dirt path surrounded by trees on a clear day.

Before

A narrow dirt trail through dense bushes and trees under a clear blue sky, with some patches of sunlight on the ground.

After

A dirt trail in a wooded area with mostly leafless trees and shrubs, sunlight casting shadows on the ground, under a clear blue sky.

Before

A snowy forest with tall pine trees and a dirt trail on the left side, with the sun shining through the trees.

After

Sunlight filters through tall pine trees in a forested area, with patches of snow and dirt on the ground.

Before

Dense green forest with various trees, bushes, and ground cover plants.

After

A wooded area with trees and a clearing, featuring shadows cast on the ground, under a partly cloudy sky.

Before

A lush green forest with trees in the background and a grassy clearing in the foreground. invasive plant taking over

After

A field of yellow wildflowers in front of a dense green forest.

Before

A field of dry, tall grass with a line of leafless trees in the background under a clear blue sky.

After

Land Management

Before

Dry, tall grass in a marsh or field with a cloudy sky and distant trees and buildings in the background.

After

A field with dried or harvested crops, with a line of trees and some houses in the background under a cloudy sky.