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    Expert Insights: IVM Is Key to Biodiversity

    Oct. 5, 2022
    Backed by decades of environmental right-of-way research, the use of Integrated Vegetation Management strategies is gaining momentum throughout the industry.
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    Ask the Expert: Opportunities in Utility Vegetation Management

    Oct. 3, 2022
    Lew Payne, ROW environmental manager with New York Power Authority, discusses the economic, environmental and social impact of different vegetation management strategies.
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    Vegetation Management

    Invasive Watch: Cottonwood

    Sept. 6, 2022
    Cottonwood trees may be attractive providers of shade, but their presence near utility sites poses a significant threat to utility infrastructure and wildfire mitigation.
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    10 Ways to Minimize the Effects of Herbicide Spray Drift and Volatility

    Aug. 3, 2022
    Follow these best practices for herbicide applications to optimize vegetation management results and avoid off-target control issues caused by herbicide volatility and spray drift...
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    Vegetation Management

    Ask the Expert: Wildfire Mitigation

    July 5, 2022
    Four vegetation management experts discuss the support Integrated Vegetation Management strategies provide to utility companies and wildfire mitigation programs.

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    Wildfire Risk Mitigation

    Feb. 16, 2022
    Learn about the tools and practices that minimize power equipment caused fires.
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    Regulations & Standards

    Tree Care Industry Association Renews Townsend Accreditation

    Feb. 14, 2017
    Accredited companies must re-apply every three years so that TCIA can verify that the company continues to meet the standards.
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    UVM and UAVs: A New Way Forward

    April 4, 2016
    UAVs have the potential to be a disruptive technology in the vegetation management industry.
    Utility vegetation managers treating this ROW must use herbicides with grazing tolerances to protect the livestock.
    Regulations & Standards

    Pasture Protection: Grazing Tolerances on Herbicides Protect Pastures

    June 2, 2015
    To protect livestock on rights-of-way, utility vegetation managers must be aware of the grazing tolerances on their herbicides.
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    Connecticut Light & Power crews remove a tree resting on distribution lines following a storm in Greenwich, Connecticut.
    Regulations & Standards

    Higher Expectations Drive UVM Mandates

    May 26, 2014
    In response to extreme weather events, states are developing new rules to address levels of risk to and potential impact on system operations.