Oct 12, 2021 | Latest Site Updates
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...
Sep 14, 2021 | Latest Site Updates
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...
Feb 28, 2021 | Latest Site Updates
A presentation given at the National Wild Turkey Federation National Conference, February 2021. Download full...
Jan 30, 2021 | Latest Site Updates
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...
Nov 3, 2020 | Latest Site Updates
Paper: Plant and Animal Community Response 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...
Oct 27, 2020 | Latest Site Updates
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)...
