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Invasive Species/Vegetation Management

Overview | Recent Developments | Research, Documents & Reports
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Case Studies  

Listed below are examples of success stories, best practices, and/or innovative tools/approaches. This section will grow as entries are submitted or links to other sites with useful examples are provided. If you believe your agency has utilized a best practice/approach that others could learn from, please submit a short description to AASHTO (including any pertinent links) on the Share Info with AASHTO form.  Please note that currently submissions are only being accepted from governmental entities.

The following resources provide case studies on invasive species and vegetation management topics:

 

 

 
AASHTO's Compendium of Environmental Stewardship Practices, Policies, and Procedures

This compendium provides models of many successful approaches.  Of particular use are the following Chapters: Chapter 3: Designing for Environmental Stewardship in Construction & Maintenance, Chapter 4: Construction Practices for Environmental Stewardship, Chapter 9: Roadside Vegetation Management.

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Greener Roadsides
  •  Many successful practices are documented in Greener Roadsides – a quarterly publication produced by the Federal Highway Administration.

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Dangerous Travelers: Controlling Invasive Plants Along America's Roadways

This video of the U.S. Forest Service and Federal Highway Administration - may be accessed at http://www.fs.fed.us/invasivespecies/news.shtml.

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FHWA's The Nature of Roadsides Publication

Best practices and tools are available in FHWA’s The Nature of Roadsides Publication: Ten IRVM Tools You Can Use; 10 Best Management Practices That Work; 10 Research Reviews You Can Apply.

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Control of Invasive Species (NCHRP Synthesis 363)

Case studies may be found in NCHRP Synthesis 363: Control of Invasive Species (Feb. 2007).

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