Huntly Land Co.Coastal & Phragmites Management (484) 486-7272 (302) 497-5263 Email us

Coastal division

Coastal gallery

Standing reed, cut lines and cleared marsh, from the air and on the ground.

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1The short answer

These frames show Phragmites ground and brush clearing with a tracked machine. They show the difference a cut makes: standing reed as found, the cut line where cut ground meets the stand, and cleared marsh running out to the bay. The stills are full 4K frames.

2Stills

The ground, photographed

Dense green Phragmites filling a marsh around a small pool of open water — Standing reed around open water, before ground and brush clearingHuntly Land Co. job photo

A sharp cut line where cleared Phragmites meets standing reed beside the bay — A clean cut line against standing reedHuntly Land Co. job photo

Cleared Phragmites swath beside standing green reed at the edge of a bay marsh — Cleared swath beside standing reed, marsh edgeHuntly Land Co. job photo

Cleared Phragmites field with a tree line and open bay beyond — Cleared field, tree line and the bay beyondHuntly Land Co. job photo

Cleared Phragmites beside a standing stand along a bay shoreline — Cut and standing reed along a bay shorelineHuntly Land Co. job photo

Cleared Phragmites field running out to the bay on the horizon — A cleared field running out to the bayHuntly Land Co. job photo

Wide aerial of a bay shoreline with marsh and a pale sand edge along the water — The bay shoreline, wide, from aboveHuntly Land Co. job photo

Aerial of a coastal marsh shoreline meeting open bay water — Marsh shoreline meeting open bay waterHuntly Land Co. job photo

Aerial of a sandy bay beach curving along the edge of a salt marsh — Bay beach and marsh edgeHuntly Land Co. job photo

Aerial of a Delaware Bay tidal inlet, salt marsh and a small harbor — Tidal inlet and salt marsh on the Delaware BayHuntly Land Co. job photo

Wide aerial of a tidal creek meeting the bay through brown Phragmites marsh before ground and brush clearing — Tidal creek and bay edge, Phragmites marsh before ground and brush clearing

Aerial of a coastal peninsula showing cleared Phragmites beside standing reed along the waterline — Cleared and standing Phragmites along the waterline

Dense stand of invasive Phragmites covering a coastal marsh before removal — A dense stand before removal

Cleared Phragmites field running to the bay shoreline after cutting — A cleared shoreline field after cutting

Cleared Phragmites below a waterfront house, with the bay view opened beyond the yard — Cleared reed below a waterfront house

Aerial of a cleared Phragmites strip beside waterfront homes and a small marina — A cleared strip beside waterfront lots

Winter sunrise over the marsh at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Foord Landing, Delaware — Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Foord LandingPhoto: USFWS, public domain

Captions describe what each frame shows. Frames marked Illustrative are shown for illustration and are not a record of a client property.

3Films

From the air

The marsh, from the air

4How a job runs

Five steps, in this order.

Phragmites assessment and mapped standThe stand or the work area is walked and mapped, with access, tidal edges and low-bearing ground noted.
Permit path confirmed with DNRECThe regulatory status of the site is confirmed with DNREC in writing before work begins, at no cost to the owner.
Year 1 treat then clearLicensed treatment in late summer under separate paper, then a winter clear and mulch of the standing dead material.
Years 2 to 3 spot-treat and maintenance clearRegrowth is spot-treated and the stand gets a light maintenance clear, on firm or frozen ground.
Annual maintenance, drone-verifiedA yearly visit holds the result, and each year is photographed from the air for the owner’s record.

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Send the town, rough acreage and two or three photographs. We reply by email with site-walk times, and a written scope follows the walk.

Delaware & coastal line: (302) 497-5263 · Main line: (484) 486-7272

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