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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Great dialogue on resource management and
lack of along roadways.<span > </span>Many on this list serve are
aware of new, innovative vegetation management practices and techniques, if not
practicing them.<span > </span>For a
number of reasons, transportation corridor vegetation management programs are designed
without much consideration of ecological associations.<span
> </span>The impact on flora and faunal relationships within parallel or
transected wildlife travel corridors is often sacrificed in the name of “safety
and liability”.<span > Defensible or not, perceived or real s </span>afety
and liability issues trump natural resource protection/management practices in
managed landscapes. As Bonnie noted, 'trees and automobile
collisions ' have dominated planning and operations. (usually a bad
thing when lawyers and vegetation mix)<span
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>This
scenario seems to be slowly changing for the better.
</SPAN>The linear nature of highway systems has visibly
exacerbated the spread of many invasive plant species.<span
> </span>Public acceptance of the threat of
invasives and links to transportation corridors, urban land management, development
is relatively recent.<span > </span>Loss of biodiversity/habitat is a
strong argument for control and management of invasive plant
communities. This developing consensus is significant and should be
aligned with the benefits of energy conservation to promote applied
landscape ecology in general. In this case, the design of alternative,
native species plant communities and innovative management regimes for
transportation right of ways can also control
the spread of invasives. I'm seeing encouraging signs from environmental and operations managers
in New York State DOT Regions<span
> 2 and 5 in collaborations with private sector,
universities and NGOs such as the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant
Program. </span>FHA and some state <span class=SpellE>DOTs</span> have taken the lead in promotion of (ecological)
roadside vegetation management that addresses safety and
biodiversity. Implementation won't occur overnight nor will the
liability arguments be resolved any time soon.<span >
What "we" can do is get more of this work on the ground in the form
of d
</span>emonstration projects, field trials, project briefs and good case studies.
The next step is to integrate the best into operational programs.<span
> I also believe that
most all transportation professionals want to do best they can with the
resources at their disposal. Biologists and ecologists need to develop
these new tools and help integrate them into the system. </span></SPAN></FONT></P>
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6848060 ext. 2876</span></font></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span ><font size=2
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:
bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <b><span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Harper-Lore, Bonnie<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 31, 2006
11:34 AM<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> Renee Scagnelli;
native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org;
native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PCA] Fw:
[Pollinator] Roads and pollinators - again</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have worked with roadside issues for
almost 20 years. IF your New
Jersey State DOT District or perhaps County (is not
cooperating....which they are more and more prone to do)......you could do what
some states have done in the 80's to protect exotic pheasants (ironic in
retrospect).</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The States of Michigan, Minnesota
and I think Wisconsin,
have legislated mowing periords to allow nesting birds to fledge before mowing
begins.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Why not do the same for your rare orchids
and gentians? Mowing of rural roadsides is allowed only between June 15
and September 15, except for one swath for</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">visibility and pull-off
purposes............Be creative, but do talk to whichever authority that does
the mowing first. They want to do the right thing too!!! They just
might be hung up on an old agricultural approach to roadside management and
know the weeds, but not the rich diversity of natives in the area.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Good luck to you, Bonnie</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">P.S. I am a technical resource for
all 50 State Highway
agencies and teach roadside management to them and counties across the U.S.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><b ><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=FR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bonnie L. Harper-Lore</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span class=SpellE><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">Restoration</span></font></span><font size=2
face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"> <span
class=SpellE>Ecologist</span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">Office of Environment, HEPN-30</span></font></p>
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face="Palatino Linotype"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">Federal Highway</span></font><font
size=2 face="Palatino Linotype"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"> Administration</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">651-291-6104</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <b><span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Renee Scagnelli<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 31, 2006
8:16 AM<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b>
native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org;
native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PCA] Fw:
[Pollinator] Roads and pollinators - again</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><font size=3
face ="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Timing of mowing is
critical in our area (NJ Pine barrens)---we've lost a number of populations of
native orchids and pine barrens gentians, etc. because mowing was too early in
the season; otoh, complete cessation of mowing allows for succession which
again can be problematic for some of our rarer plants that don't don't handle
competition well (Schwalbea americana, for instance).<br>
<br>
Renee Scagnelli</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><font size=3
face ="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Renée (Brecht) Scagnelli<br>
Associate Director<br>
<a href="http://www.cumauriceriver.org/">Citizens United to Protect the Maurice
River and its Tributaries</a> <br>
<br>
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Volunteer Coordinator: <a
href="http://www.fws.gov/northeast/njfieldoffice/Endangered/Endangered.htm">Adopt-a-swamp
pink population and Knieskerns monitoring program</a><br>
Vineland Environmental
Commission<br>
South Jersey Bayshores Coalition<br>
Cumberland County Eagle Festival Committee 2006 (formerly Raptor Festival)<br>
<a href="http://www.pnjpc.njpinelandsanddownjersey.com/Mission_Statement.htm">Partnerships
for NJ Plant Conservation</a> <br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.njpinelandsanddownjersey.com/open">Visit NJ Pines and Down
Jersey</a><br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.miumu.com/boards/index.php?mforum=NJPinelands">Join our NJ
Pines & Down Jersey Forums</a></span></font></p>
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