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Invasive Species/Vegetation Management

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The Invasive Species/Vegetation Management topic describes a range of programs, policies, case studies, and resources related to sustainable management of roadsides. Transportation agencies implement a range of approaches for effective vegetation management, promotion of native plants and wildflowers, and control of invasive species in the nation’s transportation corridors.

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Recent Developments

• New Tools Facilitate Use of Roadsides for Monarch Habitat
• Synthesis Report Issued on Landscapes for Urban Freeway Roadsides
• DOTs to Partner in Conservation Effort for Monarch Butterflies
• Report Identifies Urgent Situation for Western Monarch Butterfly
• FHWA Updates List of State DOT Pollinator-Friendly Practices

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Key Resources

• AASHTO and FHWA Webinar, “Bees, Butterflies, and other Pollinators: Vegetation Management” (July 2015)#mce_temp_url#
• Guidelines for Vegetation Management, 1st Edition (2011)
• AASHTO’s Compendium of Environmental Stewardship Practices, Policies, and Procedures. In particular: Chapter 3: Designing for Environmental Stewardship in Construction & Maintenance, Chapter 4: Construction Practices for Environmental Stewardship, Chapter 9: Roadside Vegetation Management
• Presidential Memorandum -- Creating a Federal Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators (2014)
• Supporting the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators (2014)
• FHWA Pollinator Website: resources on pollinator-friendly practices in roadside vegetation management for state DOTs and other transportation agencies and roadside managers including literature review, case studies, and state DOT practices.
• Vegetation Management: An Ecoregional Approach (FHWA 2015)
• Roadside Revegetation: An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants: This website contains four integrated and interlinked modules dedicated to explaining the art and science of roadside revegetation
• Guidance Implementing Executive Order on Invasive Species (1999) and Guidance on 23 U.S.C. §329 on the Control of Noxious Weeds and Aquatic Noxious Weeds and Establishment of Native Species (2006), Federal Highway Administration
• Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Managing Roadsides and Rights of Way for Pollinators web page

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