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<br><font size=2 color=#000080 face="Arial">Great dialogue on resource
management and lack of along roadways. Many on this list serve are
aware of new, innovative vegetation management practices and techniques,
if not practicing them. For a number of reasons, transportation
corridor vegetation management programs are designed without much consideration
of ecological associations. The impact on flora and faunal relationships
within parallel or transected wildlife travel corridors is often sacrificed
in the name of “safety and liability”. Defensible or not, perceived
or real s 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) </font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#000080 face="Arial">This scenario seems to be slowly
changing for the better. The linear nature of highway systems has
visibly exacerbated the spread of many invasive plant species. Public
acceptance of the threat of invasives and links to transportation
corridors, urban land management, development is relatively recent.
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 2 and 5 in collaborations
with private sector, universities and NGOs such as the Adirondack Park
Invasive Plant Program. FHA and some state DOTs 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. What
"we" can do is get more of this work on the ground in the form
of d emonstration projects, field trials, project briefs and good case
studies. The next step is to integrate the best into operational
programs. 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. </font>
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<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Times New Roman">Paul R. Fuhrmann</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Harper-Lore, Bonnie<b><br>
Sent:</b> Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:34 AM<b><br>
To:</b> Renee Scagnelli; native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org; native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org<b><br>
Subject:</b> Re: [PCA] Fw: [Pollinator] Roads and pollinators - again</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=blue face="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).</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">The States of Michigan, Minnesota
and I think Wisconsin, have legislated mowing periords to allow nesting
birds to fledge before mowing begins.</font>
<br><font size=2 color=blue face="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</font>
<br><font size=2 color=blue face="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.</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">Good luck to you, Bonnie</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=blue face="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.</font>
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<p><font size=3 face="Arial"><b>Bonnie L. Harper-Lore</b></font>
<p><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype">Restoration Ecologist</font>
<p><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype">Office of Environment, HEPN-30</font>
<p><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype">Federal Highway Administration</font>
<p><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype">360 Jackson Street, Ste. 500</font>
<p><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype">St. Paul, MN 55101</font>
<p><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype">651-291-6104</font>
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[mailto:native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Renee Scagnelli<b><br>
Sent:</b> Thursday, August 31, 2006 8:16 AM<b><br>
To:</b> native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org; native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org<b><br>
Subject:</b> Re: [PCA] Fw: [Pollinator] Roads and pollinators - again</font>
<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">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>
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Renee Scagnelli</font>
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