The Mixed Oak / Heath Forest is naturally good at recovering from forest fires, like the one that raged in Prince William Forest Park for nine days in 2006.
The birds and the bees—in addition to many other animals—help forests survive by pollinating many trees and other plant species. In turn, the forest provides habitat for the pollinators.
An abandoned pyrite mine on Quantico Creek had negative impacts on the surrounding soil, water, and natural communities for decades. . . . until a 1995 reclamation project helped the area begin to recover.
