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Arboriculture & Urban Forestry Online
Volume 26, Issue 4 — July 2000
https://www.isa-arbor.com/Publications/Arboriculture-Urban-Forestry

Vegetation Management along Transmission Utility Lines in the United States and Canada    (View PDF)

Joseph A. Sulak and J. James Kielbaso

Abstract: A survey investigating vegetation control methods along transmission rights-of-way was sent to 220 Utility Arborist Association companies. The survey contained questions regarding right-of-way characteristics, control methods used, total dollars spent on vegetation management, and priorities of the vegetation management program. The ROW area reported represented over 48% of all the investor-owned ROWs over 39 Kv in service throughout the United States. More than 75% of the respondents reported using herbicides on their rights-of-way. However, acres treated mechanically outnumbered those treated chemically by a margin of 2.7:1. Garlon 3A and Garlon 4 topped all herbicides, with a combined 220,574 projected gal (834,961 L) of the estimated 549,869 gal (2,081,474 L) of herbicide applied to transmission rightsof- way in 1995. It appears that quite low levels of active ingredients are being applied per acre. Basal, high-volume foliar, and low-volume foliar with a backpack or handgun applications accounted for approximately 75% of the acres of transmission ROWs treated with herbicides.

Keywords: Vegetation management; utility lines; herbicides; rights-of-way; utilities.

https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2000.023


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