Difference between revisions of "822.5 Type IV Management Area Guidelines (Undeveloped Areas on Undivided Highways)"

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The height of vegetation should be maintained between 6 and 18 inches.  Mowing should begin when 50 percent of the vegetation reaches 18 inches in height.
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Vegetation may be maintained by using [[822.7 Definitions#PGR|PGR]] or by mowing.  The area for control of vegetation should include a distance from 6 to 15 feet from the edge of the traveled way.  This is intended to be one pass with the type of equipment used.
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A final mowing may be done if the slopes are 3 to 1 or flatter.  It should not begin until the chance of significant regrowth is minimal.  The final mowing area may extend 30 feet from the edge of the traveled way.  Right-of-way totaling 80 feet or less may be mowed if needed.
 
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Slopes steeper than 3 to 1 and areas not required to be mowed should be planted to wildflowers and native grasses, encouraged to naturalize or landscaped.
 
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[[Category:822 Roadside Vegetation Management|822.05]]
 

Latest revision as of 12:48, 22 June 2011

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EPG 822.3 Type IV Management Area Guidelines has been rewritten as a part of EPG 822 Roadside Vegetation Management. The content was updated to reflect Practical Operations.
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