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Develop Native Plant Restoration Techniques Specific to Roadside Use Following Weed Control and Other Rehabilitation Efforts

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Develop native plant restoration techniques specific to roadside use, especially following weed control projects and other rehabilitation efforts.

White Paper on Best Practices for Invasive Weed Control

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

  There is a need prepare a white paper to identify practical strategies and methods for stopping/reversing the extension of invasive weeds along roadsides.

Roadside Seed Mixtures and Successful Seeding Practices

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

  At least one seed mixture would be created for each vegetative zone. In addition, best practices for establishment and maintenance of these seed mixtures would be established.

Survey and Mapping of Invasive Species Population in Highways’ Rights-of-Way by Absence-Presence Sampling Methods

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

By law, Departments of Transportation are required to control noxious weeds along highway rights-of-way (ROWs). Beginning 2000, District 4 (D4) of Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) adopted a survey design…

Invasive Plant Species that Are Spread by Construction Vehicles

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

The management of invasive species is ineffective when the means of dissemination are unknown.   Construction vehicles are likely vectors for the spread of invasive plant species.  The use of construction…

Develop a Set of DVD’s to Support Training of State Transportation Agency Staff in Effective, Safe and Environmentally Appropriate Herbicide Applications

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

There is presently no contemporary instructional media available to state DOT’s on herbicide application.

Effects of Chemicals on Roadside Vegetation and Identification of Best Management Practices

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Research problem statement – The extent to which state DOTs consider and implement maintenance programs to reduce pesticide and herbicide applications, and cause disturbance of roadside vegetation, as well as…

Invasive Plant Risk Assessment for Select New Hampshire Transportation Corridors

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

TERI Database Administrator Notes.  Not recommended at present time by 2009 Natural Systems Subcommittee. Transportation corridors are a potential vector for the spread of invasive plant species throughout New Hampshire. …

Comparison of Native Grasses to Traditional Plantings for Roadside Stabilization

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Stabilization of roadsides after construction is critical to protecting water quality, public safety and the longevity of the project.  Unfortunately, current erosion control seed mixes include invasive exotic species.  The…

Effectiveness of management actions to reduce the spread of invasive plants from roadsides.

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Assess management efforts to prevent or slow the spread of exotic plants into and away from roadsides. Research should stratify sites based upon ecosystem, soil fertility and time of disturbance.…

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