6B
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1
INTRODUCTION
Federal & State regulation
Certification & licensing
Review questions
Section 2
VEGETATION MANAGEMENT
PLANS
Developing a management program
Identifying long-range management goals
Levels of maintenance
Environmental concerns
Equipment selection
Review questions
Section 3
MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
Plant basics
Vegetation management methods
Cultural practices
Plant succession and vegetation control
Mechanical control methods
Chemical vegetation control
Integrated pest management for rights-of-way
Keeping track of management activities
Review questions
Section 4
HERBICIDES FOR ROADSIDE
MANAGEMENT
Selecting a herbicide
Herbicide activity
Adjuvants
Safe handling of chemicals
Review questions
Section 5
EQUIPMENT &
CALIBRATION
Spray systems components
Manual sprayers
Power sprayers
Calibration of equipment
Manual sprayer calibration
Calibrating broadcast boom sprayers
Knapsack mist blowers
High pressure hydraulic sprayers
Safety conscious maintenance
Review questions
Section 6
ROADSIDE MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS
Pest control programs
Maintaining bare ground
Control of herbaceous broadleaf plants
Woody plant control
Non-selective chemical control
Specialized applications
Review questions
Section 7
PUBLIC RELATIONS AND
VEGETATION MANAGEMENT
Interacting with the public
Regulations in the public interest
Maine drift regulations
Protecting sensitive habitats
No-spray agreements
Everyone's number 1 job
Review questions
Appendix A
COMMON RIGHT-OF-WAY PLANTS
Why identify plants?
Identification mistakes are costly
Using this guide
Use of scientific names
Bare ground weed control
Aggressive or noxious weed problems
Controlling seedlings and young trees
Spray restrictions
Ground covers
Landscape plants
Indicator species
Appendix B
SAMPLE APPLICATION RECORD
FORMS
Sprayer calibration log
Pesticide applicator log
Appendix C
ROADSIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY
HERBICIDES
Appendix D
MAINE DOT NO-SPRAY
AGREEMENT FORMS
Private no-spray agreement
Municipal no-spray agreement
Municipal no-spray agreement management plan
Appendix E
ANSWERS TO REVIEW
QUESTIONS
