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26 NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM Project 20-5, Topic 33-04 QUESTIONNAIRE Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management There is a wide variation among transportation agencies in terms of how they manage vegetation on all types of roadsides. This includes variation in terms of • Policies and regulations, • Costs and benefits, • Environmental impacts, • Methods of vegetation management, • Implementation of new information and techniques, • Re-vegetation selections, and • Perceived effectiveness of the efforts.
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27 State of the Practice: Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management BACKGROUND INFORMATION Agency/Organization Responding: ____________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Name of Respondent: _______________________________________________________ Title: _____________________________ Phone Number: _________________________ Date______________________________ E-mail: ________________________________ It is intended that your responses include data for all different types of roadsides (formal landscaped areas, native areas, safety rest areas, viewpoints, wildflower plantings, endangered species habitat, stormwater facilities, etc.)
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28 17. Is pavement surface drainage a concern in vegetation management programs?
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29 o. Application of selective herbicides by non-contract employees to general roadsides (no landscape improvements)
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30 f. Does your agency recognize the "social value" of environmentally sensitive approaches to roadside vegetation management, even though no dollar value is assigned to the benefit?
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31 PART 5 -- Methods of Vegetation Management 1. Is a documented integrated vegetation management program used in your agency?
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32 PART 7 -- Re-vegetation 1. What percentage of the non-grass plants used for re-vegetation is native to the state or region?
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33 9. Which answers to the above items represent a significant change in the past 10 years?
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