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Information for Roadside Managers

Native roadside vegetation

COUNTY ROADSIDE CONTACTS

Statewide coordinator for county roadside programs:

Kristine Nemec
Tallgrass Prairie Center
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0294
319-273-2813
kristine.nemec@uni.edu

County contacts
Current county roadside vegetation manager or engineer contacts. (Please let us know if information is outdated.)

Current county weed commissioners.


STATE CONTACTS

Living Roadway Trust Fund Coordinator:

Tara Van Waus
Living Roadway Trust Fund Coordinator
State IRVM Program Coordinator
Office of Design
Iowa Department of Transportation
800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA 50010
515-239-1768 (office)
515-460-2953 (mobile)
515-239-1873 (fax)
tara.vanwaus@iowadot.us

 

2023 WINTER AFIRM MEETING

The 2023 Winter Association for Integrated Roadside Management (AFIRM) meeting was held on March 1, 2023 at Prairie Meadows in Altoona. Links to PDFs of PowerPoint presentations given at the meeting are below. 

Iowa Living Roadway Trust Fund Updates, Tara Van Waus

Using the Agricultural Conservation Decision Support Tool (AgConDST) for Assisting Road ROW Ditch Management, Dr. Manish Shrivastav and Dr. David Webber

Protecting Original Prairie, Encouraging Prairie Plantings, and Controlling Invasives in Missouri, Carol Davit

Protocols for Working Around High Voltage and Low Voltage Power Lines, Matt Bootier and T Dunsmoor

Here is the link to the map Matt and T referenced in their talk: Iowa Utilities Board (arcgis.com)
You can search an address and see what the utility company is that covers that area. Unfortunately, it groups all of the REC’s together.

2023 ROADSIDE CONFERENCE

The 2023 Iowa Roadside Conference was held October 4-6 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Cedar Falls. 

Conference Agenda

Presentations

What’s a Weed Anyway? Communicating Conservation Amid Varied Values and Perspectives

Adam Janke and Bob Hartzler, Iowa State University

Soil First – The Long Road to Rebuilding Our Lost Ecosystems

Bob Wubben, Blooming Prairie Nursery

Living Roadway Trust Fund Updates

Tara Van Waus, Iowa Department of Transportation

Will Prairie Plug My Tile? That and Other Practical Questions about Prairie on Farms

Andy Olson, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University of Northern Iowa

Lessons from Prairie Restoration Experiments: Effects of Cover Cropping, Seed Additions, Mowing, Herbicide, and Other Management Strategies to Increase Plant Species Diversity

Andrew D. Kaul, University of Minnesota

Open Burning Rules and Regulations

David Knoll, Iowa Department of Natural Resources

IRVM TECHNICAL MANUAL

The Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Technical Manual describes safe, ecologically sustainable, and cost-efficient techniques for managing roadside vegetation using IRVM principles. 

SURVEYS OF IOWANS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND COUNTY OFFICIALS

This page includes a copy of surveys that have been conducted of Iowans, stakeholders, and county officials regarding their views toward roadside vegetation management.

See the results of surveys asking county officials, other stakeholders, and citizens about their views related to roadside vegetation management.

 

 

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