RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Powerline Corridor Vegetation Management Trends in New York State: Has a Post-Herbicide Era Begun?
JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
JO JOA
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 20
OP 26
DO 10.48044/jauf.1993.004
VO 19
IS 1
A1 Christopher A. Nowak
A1 Lawrence P. Abrahamson
A1 Dudley J. Raynal
YR 1993
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/19/1/20.abstract
AB Selective use of herbicides has been generally practiced on electric transmission rights-of way since 1980. There is now a utility response to public concern about herbicides and the environment and human health. Currently there is a trend towards using a non-herbicide approach for vegetation management. Brush hogging, grub and seeding, and hand cutting have increased in use over the past decade. If a non-herbicide approach is taken for vegetation management, there could be a loss of wildlife and aesthetic values along the rights-of-way. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether a shift is occurring in philosophy in vegetation management on rights-of-way.