Davey Resource Group Northern Ohio & Western Pennsylvania Office

Holistic Land Management Through Wildland Fire Management

The Davey Resource Group Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania office provides wildland fire management and prescribed fire services for landowners and organizations throughout the region, including Cleveland, Akron, Toledo, and Pittsburgh.

These services help restore habitat health, manage invasive species, and reduce long-term wildfire risk across forests, prairies, wetlands, utility corridors, and conservation lands.

DRG delivers turnkey wildland fire management services, including GIS mapping, site assessments, burn planning, permitting coordination, and field implementation. We work with municipalities, utilities, park districts, conservation organizations, and private landowners to implement safe and effective prescribed fire solutions.

Services include:

• Wildland-Urban Interface Assessments & Planning
• Wildfire Mitigation & Management Planning
• Prescribed Burn Planning, Documentation & Permitting
• Prescribed Fire Implementation & Post-Burn Monitoring
• Hazardous Fuel Reduction

The Northern Ohio team researches best applied vegetation management practices along roadsides and utility corridors. We work with clients to determine effective, efficient, and safe implementable tools and technology to manage vegetation assets.

Our team’s research includes edge-to-edge corridor management as well as the equipment used to plan and manage vegetation in the right-of-way. Topics explored include:

• Noxious weed identification and control measures
• Herbicide application equipment and large-scale tree removal equipment
• Post-construction groundcover establishment to support soil stability and pollinator habitat
• Native species seed mix selection
• Updates to agency seeding specifications
• Installing solitary bee boxes and cavity-nesting bird boxes