Community and the Environment
The Vegetation Management Decision: A Briefing For Today’s Manager
Each day you make decisions that
impact your organization. Some are simple
ones you can make with a moment’s thought.
Others require greater contemplation and
research. As the world becomes more
specialized and technical, your decisions may
also become more complex and require
information beyond your realm of
experience.
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Public Service of New Hampshire Funds Environmental Study
The University of New Hampshire is launching a study supported by a $51,355 grant from Public Service of New Hampshire....
Creating a Greener Tomorrow
Working together to manage our community tree resources has never been an easy task. Regulation and shrinking budgets have forced many small and large...
Measuring Levels of Customer Satisfaction
In 1986 TransAlta Utilities Distribution Line Clearance began something unprecedented in the UVM business – obtaining signed consents for all VM work. Then in 1989, they did something really risky by asking the customers what they thought of the VM program and in so doing gained useful insight.
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Wildlife Response to More than 50 Years of Vegetation Maintenance on Pennsylvania Right-of-Way
The State Game Lands 33 Research and Demonstration Project in Pennsylvania has been supplying us with information on the ecological impacts of right of way maintenance practices since 1952.
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Integrated Vegetation Management on an Electric Transmission Right-of-Way
Integrated vegetation management (IVM) has been used
for the maintenance of vegetation along an electric utility transmission
right-of-way (ROW) at the State Game Lands (SGL 33)
Research and Demonstration Area, Centre County, Pennsylvania,
U.S., since 1987.
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Long-Term Effects of Rights-of-Way Maintenance Via the Wire-Border Zone Method on Bird Nesting Ecology
The long-term nesting ecology of birds was studied
during 2002 and 2003 on the State Game Lands (SGL) 33 Research
and Demonstration Area, which is located along a 230-kV
transmission right-of-way (ROW) of FirstEnergy (Penelec) in the
Allegheny Mountain Region, Centre County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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Long-Term Trends in Bird Populations on an Electric Transmisison Right-of-Way
We conducted a 2-year study of bird populations on
the Green Lane Research and Demonstration Project, which is
located along a 500-kV transmission line right-of-way (ROW)
of the Philadelphia Electric Company, in the Piedmont Province,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, U.S., in spring and
summer 2001 and 2002.
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Bird Populations Associated with an Electric Transmission Right of Way
A 2-year study of bird populations was conducted
along a 230-kV transmission line right-of-way in spring
(June) and summer (August) 2000 and 2001.
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Ecological Aspects of Herbicide Usage on Power Line Rights-of-Way
An examination of plant species composition and abundance under various right of way maintenance regimes under and near TransAlta Utilities (Alberta, Canada) distribution lines.
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