Vegetation Management
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Publications and Web sites
Best Practices Handbook on Roadside Vegetation Management
Minnesota Local Research Board, Minnesota LTAP, Minnesota Department of Transportation, 2000 (Download PDF)
This handbook provides guidelines for effective management of roadside vegetation for local agencies, and highlights seven best management practices that were identified through research, surveys, and discussion with industry experts.
Best Practices: Roadside Vegetation Management
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2009
This guide explores the wide range of concerns associated with roadside vegetation management, including prevention of erosion and sedimentation control and spread of noxious weeds, transportation concerns and efficient use of resources to accomplish management objectives for the right-of-way.
Emerald Ash Borer
This site provides information on the emerald ash borer (EAB), an exotic beetle that has destroyed tens of millions of trees in the Midwest and eastern United States.
Vegetation Control for Safety: A Guide for Local Highway and Street Maintenance Personnel
Federal Highway Administration, 2008 (Download PDF)
The purpose of this guide is to help local road agency maintenance workers identify locations where vegetation control is needed to improve traffic and pedestrian safety, to provide guidance for maintenance crews, and to make them aware of safe ways to mow, cut brush and otherwise control roadside vegetation.
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