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7VEGETATION MANAGEMENT APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES Vegetation management has been a part of road maintenance since the first trails were upgraded to roads. As these trails became roads and ultimately highways, the need for more effective vegetation management became evident.
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8The first Western Canadian Roadside Development Conference was held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, in 1964. In a presentation during the 1964 session on maintenance and conservation, V.C.
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9Early stages of project planning and design provide an opportunity to accommodate the operational and aesthetic needs of the roadside. In the early 1970s, a team of landscape architects from the FHWA, U.S.
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10 UNI's Roadside Office defines IRVM in their mission statement as a decision-making and quality management process for maintaining roadside vegetation that integrates the following: needs of local communities and highway users; knowledge of plant ecology (and natural processes) ; design, construction, and maintenance considerations; government statutes and regulations; technology, and with cultural, biological, mechanical, and chemical pest control methods to economically manage roadsides for safety plus environmental and visual quality (12)
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11 and route-specific planning, design, construction, and maintenance programs" (16)
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