The Sixth International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management — Summary Statement

John W. Goodrich-Mahoney, James R. Williams, Dale H. Arner, Kevin T. McLoughlin, Dean Mutrie, Jan R. Wisniewski, and Joe Wisniewski

The Symposium entitled "Sixth International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management" was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA during 24–26 February 1997.  This paper provides the highlights from both the presentations/papers and the discussions throughout the Symposium; including vegetation management, wildlife, biodiversity, wetlands, erosion control, pesticides, cultural, roads, project planning and geographic information systems (GIS).  A background of the past five Symposia is included illustrating important historical changes and research highlights.

Keywords: Rights-of-way, vegetation management, project planning, wetlands, wildlife, biodiversity, roads, erosion control, pesticides, cultural