As land managers, highway agencies make decisions for over six million hectares of land. Because all rights-of-way managers (i.e., pipeline, electrical power, railroad, and highway) have the responsibility of managing corridors in a time of dwindling budgets, it is wise to share what we have learned with one another. They have two educational needs in common: (1) internal training in order to use the best known practices; and (2) public awareness in order to gain public support for our decisions. This paper intends to explain the past trends in vegetation management that led to the current trend in integrated roadside vegetation management (IRVM). This paper addresses the resulting changes in vegetation managers’ attitudes and the public’s expectations. A video¹ is introduced which communicates current trends to internal staff, as well as the public. The video tool is a cost-effective way to train staff and the public about the 1990s right-of-way management approach.

Reprinted from Williams, James R., John W. Goodrich-Mahoney, Jan R. Wisniewski and Joe Wisniewski (Editors) / The Sixth International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management, Copyright 1997, with permission from Elsevier Science.