The Pennsylvania State Game Lands 33 (SGL33) research project in central Pennsylvania began in 1953 in response to public concern—particularly from hunters—about the impact of vegetation management practices on wildlife habitat within electric transmission...

Integrated vegetation management on rights-of way Electrical rights-of-way (ROW) vegetation management methods arrest plant growth and, therefore, provide early successional habitat that is compatible with electrical powerlines and favored by many floral and faunal...

A presentation given at the National Wild Turkey Federation National Conference, February 2021.

Abstract: Loss in the availability of early successional habitat is a threat to pollinator populations. Given that powerline rights-of-way (ROW) must be managed to maintain early successional habitat, preventing vegetation from interfering with electrical lines, they...

Results of 65 years of ecological research on Pennsylvania electric transmission rights-of-way demonstrate that plant communities can be selectively managed to support reliable electric service and a diverse plant community for wildlife habitat. The Pennsylvania State...

The Effects of Integrated Vegetation Management on Richness of Native Compatible Flowering Plants and Abundance of Non-Compatible Tree Species on a Right-of-Way in Central Pennsylvania, USA Abstract. We examined the effects of integrated vegetation management (IVM)...

Powerful Pollinators Pennsylvania has long been, and continues to be, an agricultural state, and while technological and procedural advances have radically changed how (and how efficiently) crops travel from farm to table, it all still largely hinges on a few fuzzy...

Long Term Effects of Utility Rights of Way VegetationManagement on Floral and Faunal Communities A presentation given at the Wild Turkey Federation National Conference, Energy and Wildlife Special Session, Nashville, TN, February 2020.

12th International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Mahan et al. has published a paper in these proceedings as follows: Mahan et al. 2019. The effects of IVM approaches on electric transmission ROW on bees: pre- and post- treatment. Proceedings of...

IVM-based rights-of-way maintenance programs are intended to create, promote, and conserve stable plant communities. IVM is recognized as an environmentally responsible and sustainable means of managing early successional plant communities on extensive land areas such...