This publication provides basic technical support for new and existing Iowa county roadside programs. This manual is also intended to provide guidance to policymakers and engineers interested in adopting or expanding integrated roadside vegetation management in county rights-of-way.
Industry Perspectives
Connecting Conservation and Business Strategies | Lessons Learned from BNEAT
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).
Understanding Barriers and Incentives to Voluntary Conservation Opportunities under the ESA
This report by the Electric Power Research Institute and Environmental Policy Innovation Center helps electric power and other companies to better understand the factors that motivate companies to pursue voluntary species conservation and how to lower the barriers to voluntary conservation under the U.S Endangered Species Act (ESA).
EPRI: Overview of Pollinator-Friendly Solar Energy
This Technical Brief provides a summary of the key considerations related to “pollinator-friendly solar,” including: site design, construction and maintenance; procurement of pollinator-friendly solar; and the business case. Sidebars cover honey bees on solar fields, brown fields to bright fields, and several specific power company case studies.
The Cost Efficiency of IVM
This report prepared by BioCompliance Consulting, Inc. presents a business case for the practice of Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) on electric and gas transmission rights-of- way, both in terms of cost savings and the benefits that are produced.
EPRI: Conservation Actions for Electric Power Companies to Support Monarch Butterflies
This report prepared by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation describes the conservation actions for monarch habitat protection, management, enhancement, and restoration that are compatible with the land use and management of electric power company properties. Conservation actions are mapped to the various land asset types to understand where the greatest monarch conservation potential exists.
Energy and Transportation Agencies Partner to Restore Monarch Habitats Brochure
This brochure created by the Federal Highway Administration gives a preliminary introduction to the Monarch CCAA for highway agencies interested in participating.
Ecological and Wildlife Risk Assessment of Chemical Use in Vegetation Management on Electric Utility Rights-of-Way
This report prepared by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) evaluates the cost-effectiveness of vegetation management practices, particularly the impact of chemicals on wildlife, along with means of minimizing ecological effects.
Vegetation Management: An Ecoregional Approach
Highway rights-of-way are the most visible of all public lands and likely the least understood. This manual is especially written for those decision-makers in maintenance, landscape, environmental services, and turf and erosion control to share what we know about managing this land.