PROCEEDINGS of the Sixth International Symposium
on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management

February 22-26, 1997
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Published by:
Elsevier Science Ltd.

Conference Co-Chairman:
James R. (Randy) Williams
John W. Goodrich-Mahoney

• Preface
• Contents
   
  To view abstracts of papers included in the publication, click the "View Abstract" link provided in the table of contents.

PREFACE

The Sixth Symposium was held February 22-26, 1997 in New Orleans, Louisiana. James R. (Randy) Williams, of Entergy Services Inc. was the host and Symposium Chairman, while John W. Goodrich-Mahoney, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), acted as Co-Chairman. A total of 350 participants from 14 countries attended the Symposium. This Symposium marked the first time that the proceedings were published in a peer-reviewed publication and made available world-wide. The proceedings are available from Elsevier Science and from EPRI (EPRI members call 925-934-4212 and ask for TR-109027).

The management of rights-of-way by electric and telephone utilities, highway departments, gas pipeline companies, and railroads around the world is guided and constrained by policies and regulations to protect the environment. In their efforts to comply with these regulations, companies are seeking the most cost-effective management practices which, at the same time, demonstrate stewardship of the environment. Protection of biodiversity and sustainable development are especially important as national goals in many countries, and rights-of-way managers are seeking practical ways to include public participation in their operations.

The Sixth International Symposium addressed environmental issues in rights-of-way planning and management, and provided a forum for information exchange among various agencies, industries, environmental consultants, and academic organizations. The Symposium provided a research update and achieved a better understanding of current environmental issues involved in rights-of-way management, focusing on these specific topics: Biodiversity, Cultural, Erosion Control, Geographic Information Systems, Project Planning, Public Involvement, Roads, Vegetation Management, Wetlands and Wildlife.

Overall, we feel the objectives have been met. Of the 80 presentations made at the Symposium, this book contains 63 peer-reviewed papers.

CONTENTS

• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Part I. Symposium Summary Statement

• The Sixth International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-Of-Way Management -- Summary Statement [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  J.W. Goodrich-Mahoney, J.R. Williams, D.H. Arner, K. T. McLoughlin, D. Mutrie, J.R. Wisniewski, and J. Wisniewski

Part II. Vegetation Management

• A Review of Upland Game Habitat Management on Rights-of-Way [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  D.H. Arner
  
  
• Environmental Impacts Associated with Routine Transmission Line Maintenance [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  J.M. Bridges, M. Barger, N. Chevance, T. Anderson, J. Holt, R. Jones, and E. Nelson
  
  
• Edge Effects on Vegetation in Rights-of-Way [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  J. Brisson, A. Meilleur, M.-J. Fortin, and A. Bouchard
  
  
• Study of the Iberian Flora Compatible with Power Lines [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  J. Arevalo-Camacho, J. Roig-Soles, C.M. Juaristi, F. Gomez Manzaneque, E. Bermejo Bermejo, F. Dominguez Lozano, J. Maza Pecino, S. Molinero Herranz, and L. Moreno Rivero
  
  
• Old Field Vegetation for Low Maintenance Highway Rights-of-Way [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  Nancy P. Cain
  
  
• New Aspects of Rights-of-Way Management for High-Voltage Power Lines [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  R. Draxler, D. Uther, G. Praxl, and F. Hofbauer
  
  
• Trial Plantings of Perennial Plants on Electric Transmission Line ROWS in North Louisiana [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  K.W. Farrish, C.E. Rowell, and J.M. Dyer
  
  
• Nearly Two Decades of Integrated Vegetation Management on Electric Transmission Rights-of-Ways [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  K.E. Finch and S.D. Shupe
  
  
• Effectiveness of Three Vegetation Control Methods in Establishing Compatible Plant Species in Powerline Rights-of-Way in Northeastern Québec [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  Y. Garant, J. Domingue, and F. Gauthier
  
  
• The Houston Region Native Grass Seedbank: A Natural Partnership Between Right-of-Way Management and Conservation [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  R.A. Honig and G.D. Wieland
  
  
• Integrating Greenstripping into Right-of-Way Vegetation Management [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  J.C. Hogenbirk
  
  
• A History of Utility Transmission Right-of-Way Management in New York State [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  L.W. Jackson
  
  
• Vegetation Dynamics on a Managed New York Right-of-Way (1977 - 1996) State [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  L.W. Jackson
  
  
• Application of Integrated Pest Management to Electric Utility Rights-of-Way Vegetation Management in New York State [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  K.T. McLoughlin
  
  
• Effective Integrated Vegetation Management [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  S.D. Morrow
  
  
• Optimal Management Strategies for Biodiversity Within a Powerline Right-of-Way [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  M.C. Perry, P.C. Osenton, F.W. Fallon, and J.E. Fallon
  
  
• Evaluation of Blade Plowing and Dot-Grid Herbicide Techniques for Selective Control of Trees on Electric Transmission ROWs [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  C.E. Rowell, K.W. Farrish, and J.M. Dyer
  
  
• Vegetation Management Alternatives on Electric Transmission Line Rows in North-Central Louisiana: Four Year Results [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  C.E. Rowell, K.W. Farrish, and J.M. Dyer
  
  
• A Project Habitat® Initiative in Eastern New York State, February 1997 [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  S.D. Shupe, K.E. Finch, and E.F. Neuhauser

Part III. Roads

• Vegetation Management: Trends and Training in Transportation [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  B.L. Harper-Lore Part

IV. Project Planning

• Designing Groundwater Monitoring Programs for Rights-Of-Way Facilities [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  B. Allen III
  
  
• Minimizing the Risk of Contaminated Soils in Pipelining [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  M.E. Buszynski
  
  
• Third-Party EISs for Federal Approvals of Pipeline Projects [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  D.F. Jenkins
  
  
• Common Environmental Problems Encountered During Construction of Major Gas Transmission Lines [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  D.D. Macks, D. Morrell, and J. Strub
  
  
• We, They, Us: A Case Study of Environmental Compliance. The Tuscarora Gas Transmission Project [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  J.A. McCullough
  
  
• Environmental Comparison of Pipelines in Canada and the U.S. [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  D.F. Mutrie and K.B. Gilmore
  
  
• Address Environmental Concerns with Real Data [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  L.A. Norris
  
  
• Preparing Implementation Plans for Federal Projects [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  P. Patterson and D.F. Jenkins
  
  
• An Ounce of Prevention: Environmental Training for Linear Projects [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  D.C. Pearson and R.D. Williams
  
  
• A Review of the Public Consultation Program Used in the Development of Water Supply Facilities. A Case Study [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  P.G. Prier
  
  
• Life-Cycle Analysis for Transmission Line Design [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  J.M. Rinebold and L.F. Mango
  
  
• The Alberta Pipeline Environmental Steering Committee: A Model for Cooperative Resolution of Issues [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  I.F.H. Scott
  
  
• Resource Protection Through Maryland Licensing Requirements [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  S. Shaw Patty, J.L. Magistro, and S. Collins

Part V. Cultural

• Methods of Overhead Transmission Line Construction and Prevention of Disturbance to the Archaeological Record: An Example from the Pennsylvania Piedmont [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  D.G. Roberts
  
  
• Unanticipated Discovery of Cultural Resources During Pipeline Construction: Two Case Studies [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  C.S. Smith

Part Vl. Wildlife

• Effects of the Introduction of a Pipeline Right-of-Way with Planted Travel Corridors to a Deer Wintering Area in Northern New York [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  K,R. Dominske
  
  
• Effects of Clear-Cutting and Debris Removal on Ruffed Grouse Activity in an Experimental Right-of-Way [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  G.J. Doucet, R. MacCulloch, and J.R. Bider
  
  
• Snowshoe Hare, Red Squirrel and Gray Squirrel Winter Activity in a 120 kV Powerline Right-of-Way and in Adjacent Forests [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  G.J. Doucet and D.T. Brown
  
  
• White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Use of Forested Travel Corridors in a Twin 735 kV Powerline Right-of-Way -- 20 Years of Observations [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  G.J. Doucet and Y. Garant
  
  
• Experimental Storage of Terrestrial Lichen and Implications for Reclamation of Caribou Habitat [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  R. Glaholt, C. Meloche, and L. Van Ham
  
  
• Project Habitat: ROW Management to Enhance Wildlife Habitat and Utility Image [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  G. Hurst
  
  
• A Five-Year Spanish Research Project on Bird Electrocution and Collision with Electric Lines [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  J. Roig-Soles and V. Navazo-Lopez
  
  
• Mitigation of Impacts to Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus horridus) During Replacement of a Natural Gas Transmission Line in Southeastern New York [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  R. Soper and K. Schoeberl
  
  
• Conservation of the Gopher Tortoise and Associated Species during Construction of the Florida Gas Transmission Company Phase III Expansion Project [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  E.E. Wester and J.W. Kolb

Part VII. Biodiversity

• Power Lines and Biodiversity in the Colombian Territory [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  E. Alvarez Davila
  
  
• Mulching Wetlands after Pipeline Construction: Effects on Plant Diversity and Density [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  T.L. Andersen and G.M. Konik
  
  
• Fragmentation and Road-Infrastructure in The Netherlands: From History to Future [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  G.J. Bekker
  
  
• The Conservation of Threatened or Vulnerable Plant Species: The Des Cantons-Levis Transmission Line Experience [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  C. Belzile and C. Cohen
  
  
• Implementing The National Protocol System Down-Under: Cooperative Management Device for Biodiversity Conservation on Road Corridors in Australia [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  Q. Farmar-Bowers
  
  
• Right-of-Way Management and Habitat Fragmentation: An Integral Approach with the Spatial Concept of the Traffic Calmed Rural Area [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  C.F. Jaarsma and F. van Langevelde
  
  
• Effects of the Transmission System on Biodiversity in Sweden [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  L. Kylakorpi and S. Gardenas
  
  
• Evaluation of Different Grasses to Restore Wetlands and Control Weed Species after Pipeline Construction [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  J.M. McMullen, M.E. Burger, and S.D. Shupe
  
  
• Consideration of Biodiversity in Rights-of-Way Management by the Utility Industry in Maryland [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  S. Shaw Patty, M.T. Southerland, and S.D. Kartalia

Part VIII. Geographic Information Systems

• GPS Guidance System for Right-of-Way Aerial Spraying of Phytocides [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  J. Domingue and J. Turbide
  
  
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) Applications for the Selection and Environmental Evaluation of High Voltage Transmission Line Rights-of-Way in Colombia [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  L.F. Cadena, B. Calinao, A. Torres, and F. Anzola

Part IX. Wetlands

• The Effects of a Buried Natural Gas Pipeline on Water Quality, Stream Habitat, and Biotic Populations within High Quality Cold Water Streams in Upstate New York [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  D.P. Blais and D.L. Simpson, Jr
  
  
• Evaluating Transmission Line Clearing Methods for Minimizing Changes in Wetland Function [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  J.W. Gaskin and W.L. Nutter
  
  
• Powerline Easements as Refugia for State Rare Seepage and Pineland Plant Taxa [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  P.M. Sheridan, S.L. Orzell, and E.L. Bridges

Part X. Erosion Control

• Comparative Evaluation of Erosion and Water Temperature in Small Streams Located in Powerline Rights-of-Way and in the Upstream Undisturbed Habitat [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  Y. Garant, J. Domingue, and F. Gauthier
  
  
• Flexible Channel Liner Study at the TxDOT/TTI Hydraulics and Erosion Control Field Laboratory [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  J.A. McFalls
  
  
• Compost and Wood Chips with Tackifier for Erosion Control [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  B.B. Storey and J.A. McFalls

Part XI. Pesticides

• Vegetational Succession Following a Broadcast Treatment of Glyphosate to a Wild Reed Stand in a Utility Right-of-Way [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  M.R. Haggie, R.A. Johnstone, R. Limpert, and H.A. Allen
  
  
• Pentachlorophenol in Soil Adjacent to Utility Poles in New York State [VIEW ABSTRACT]
  E.F. Neuhauser, I.P. Murarka, S. Shupe, and M. Mayer

Symposium Participants

Author Index

Keyword index