This white paper from the University of Northern Iowa’s Tallgrass Prairie Center describes how counties and cities can manage roadside weeds, brush, and erosion to create safe and healthy roadsides and roads.
Best Management Practices
Monarch Habitat Modeling: Landscape-Scale Approach to Identifying Monarch Habitat in the United States
This report by EPRI summarizes the process and final methods for a landscape-scale, GIS-based approach to identifying monarch habitat in the United States.
Nature-Based Solutions for Corporate Landowners
This guide by the Wildlife Habitat Council serves as a catalog for corporate landowners to learn more about specific nature-based solutions (NbS) to climate challenges, and select those that best align with their needs. The publication includes twenty NbS interventions, from reforestation to green roofs, as well as real-life case studies that illustrate how corporations have successfully implemented each solution.
Canadian Roadside and Rights-of-Way Mowing Safe Dates
The Canadian Wildlife Federation prepared this handout providing recommended time frames by region during which mowing practices may be less detrimental to local monarch populations in Canada.
API Guidance for Conservation Programs on Pipeline Right of Ways
This document provides guidelines, resources, and strategies for pipeline operators and managers to use in the development and management of conservation programs for pipeline rights-of-way (ROW) and assets. The goal of this document is to help operators and managers with ROW conservation programs, including guidance on how to identify, plan, implement, and mature conservation practices to maintain the highest standards of safety while also achieving benefits for the natural environment, the community, and the organization.
Organic Site Preparation for Wildflower Establishment
These guidelines from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation provide step-by-step instructions, helpful suggestions, and regional timelines & checklists for preparing both small and large sites for wildflower establishment.
Organic Site Preparation Methods: A Comparative Overview provides a brief overview of these site preparation methods and is intended to help you quickly assess the suitability of each method for a given site.
Click here to see the full list of region-and state-specific Habitat Installation Guides.
Scope of Work Guidance
This guideline, developed by the Utility Arborist Association Environmental Stewardship Committee, assists utilities in developing contractor scopes of work for promoting compatible vegetation and addressing objectives related to biodiversity and target species.
Monarch & Pollinator Habitat in Grazing Operations
Missourians for Monarchs developed this guide for integrating pollinator habitat into agricultural grazing operations, which may be applicable on managed rights-of-way.
IVM Net Present Value Cost Calculator
This Excel-based calculator, developed by the Utility Arborist Association Environmental Stewardship Committee, assists utilities in comparing the net present value of five vegetation management scenarios over a 10-year period. See also the associated User Guide.
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Business Case for IVM
This template presentation, developed by the Utility Arborist Association Environmental Stewardship Committee, assists utilities in creating the business case for Integrated Vegetation Management programs. It is designed to be modified by the user for their target audience(s).