6D
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1
INTRODUCTION
Why maintain industrial, commerical and
municipal sites?
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
Mechanical control methods
Chemical vegetation control
Integrated pest management
Keeping track of management activities
Review questions
Section 4
HERBICIDES FOR
INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL & MUNICIPAL SITES
Selecting a pesticide
Herbicide activity
Adjuvants
Safe handling of chemicals
Review questions
Section 5
EQUIPMENT &
CALIBRATION
Application equipment
Manual sprayers
Power sprayers
Granular sprayers
Calibration spreaders
Calibration of equipment
Calibration for foliar applications
Manual sprayer calibration
Calibrating of granular spreaders
Safety conscious maintenance
Review questions
Section 6
VEGETATION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
Weed control programs
Maintaining bare ground
Residual herbicides
Contact herbicides
Control of herbaceous broadleaf plants
Woodly plant control
Selective control methods
Specialized applications
Review questions
Section 7
PUBLIC RELATIONS
& VEGETATION MANAGEMENT
Interacting with the public
Regulations in the public interest
Maine drfit regulations
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
Indicator species
Appendix B
SAMPLE APPLICATION
RECORD FORMS
Sprayer calibration log
Pesticide applicator log
Appendix C
INDUSTRIAL,
COMMERICAL & MUNICIPAL HERBICIDES
Appendix D
ANSWERS TO REVIEW
QUESTIONS
