As interest in recreational and scholastic sports increase, athletic fields have become even more intensely used. Proper cultural practices are essential to a good athletic field management program that will produce an attractive and wear resistant playing surface. There is a belief that natural organic fertilizers (e.g., manure or compost) are “better” fertilizers than synthetic fertilizers. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the value of pelletized poultry litter (i.e., natural organic fertilizer) as a fertilizer on three high school athletic fields, as well as comparing core aeration and vibrating aeration. The current practice on the athletic fields is to fertilize twice a year (spring and fall) using a synthetic fertilizer and to aerate using a vibrating aerator. This practice will serve as the control. There are a total of four treatments- synthetic fertilizer and vibrating aeration, synthetic fertilizer and core aeration, pelletized poultry litter and vibrating aeration, and pelletized poultry litter and core aeration. The pelletized litter, (4-2-3 analysis), was applied at a rate that supplies nitrogen at the same rate as the synthetic fertilizer. Soil and turf samples, multi-spectral images, and penetrometer readings were taken prior to the start of the study, and then before each fertilization.