Roadside rights-of-way are important technical and ecological features of the landscape. Managers of the vegetation in those rights-of-way are increasingly focused on environmental stewardship. Managers are interested in practices that will produce and demonstrate economically sound, socially responsible, and environmentally sensitive decision making and operational practice. Environmental Management Systems have been developed over the past decade to frame and advertise organizational efforts in environmental stewardship, but, to date, these systems have been only strategic/tactical in nature. They have not directly pertained to operations and field performance.
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