Environment Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management 8th International Symposium. 12–16 September 2004 Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

Content: 
Preface, Page v
Acknowledgements, Page vii
In memoriam, Page ix
Plenary Session Opening Remarks and Presentations, Pages 3-8
Peter A.A. Berle, Keynote Speaker, Pages 9-12
Plenary Panel Session: When the Lights Go Out: Environmental Choices and Consequences, Pages 13-24, Allen F. Crabtree III
Vegetation Management Best Practices for Reliability and Ecosystem Management, Pages 27-32, Richard A. Johnstone
Development of an Integrated Resource Management Strategy for Transmission Right-of-Way Corridors for Successful Implementation of Integrated Vegetation Management in California, Pages 33-36, Nelsen R. Money
Stable Plant Communities in the Pacific Northwest, Pages 37-41, J.C.B. Nesmith, J.P. Shatford, D.E. Hibbs
Control of Woody Invasive Plants Using Mechanical and Chemical Treatments, Pages 43-46, Zachary E. Lowe, Harmon P. Weeks, Harvey A. Holt, George R. Parker
Tree, Shrub, and Herb Succession and Five Years of Management Following the Establishment of a New Electric Transmission Right-of-Way through a Wooded Wetland, Pages 47-59, Michael R. Haggie, Richard A. Johnstone, Hubert A. Allen Jr.
Pepco\'s Environmental Stewardship on Transmission Line Right-of-Way Vegetation Management, Pages 61-64, Stephen M. Genua
A Broad-Based, IVM Approach to Right-of-Way Management on Long Island, NY, Pages 65-69, Lawrence S. Ferrandiz
The Implementation of Vegetation Management Projects on U.S. Forest Service Lands: The Big Eddy-Ostrander Vegetation Project on the Mt. Hood National Forest, Pages 71-82, William T. Erickson
Purple Loosestrife Biological Control Program, Pages 83-88, H. Wayne Harper
Vegetation Management of Woody Deciduous Species with the Biological Herbicide Chondrostereum purpureum, Pages 89-95, Paul Y. de la Bastide, William E. Hintz
Implications of Branch Strength Loss in Silver Maple Trees Converted from Round-over to V-trims During Electrical Line Clearance Operations, Pages 97-101, Gregory A. Dahle, Harvey A. Holt, William R. Chaney, T.M. Whalen, D.L. Cassens, R. Gazo, R.L. McKenzie
Exploiting Allelopathy as a Present and Future Tool in the Management of Rights-of-Way, Pages 103-111, Timothy A. Chick
Performance Standards for Assessing Vegetation Management on Rights-of-Way: Case Study of New York State DOT\'s Roadside Rights-of-Way Vegetation Management Program, Pages 113-126, Christopher A. Nowak, Benjamin D. Ballard, Laura K. Greninger, Marie C. Venner
The Application and Business Benefits of Aerial Laser Survey Techniques Used in the Management of Vegetation Encroachment within Transmission Rights-of-Way, Pages 127-135, B. Addison, S. Ryder, S. Redhead, P. Richardson, G. Ray, K. Jacobs, L. Rivkin, M. Browne, T. Sullivan
Visual Landscape Monitoring: A Tool for Characterizing and Managing Highway Corridor Landscapes, Pages 137-148, Gérald Domon, Philippe Poullaouec-Gonidec, José Froment
Modifications in Viewer Appreciation of Highway Landscape Following the Implementation of Ecological Management in Quebec, Canada, Pages 149-159, José Froment, Gérald Domon
Vegetation Management of Aviation Rights-of-Way, Pages 161-167, Calvin W. Layton, Julia A. Stearns
Managing Environmental Compliance: A Study of Expansion, Replacement and Integrity Projects, Pages 171-180, William F. McCarthy
Management of Cumulative Impacts in Transmission Line Siting, Pages 181-187, Darryl Shoemaker
Fast-Track Permitting: A Case Study of the Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Pages 189-204, George Welsh, Tim Powell, Brent Arnold, Mike Donnelly, Sara McMahon
Survey of Electric Utility Rights-of-Way Practitioners, Pages 205-210, Patricia A. Mullins, Susan M. Tikalsky, John W. Goodrich-Mahoney
An Environmental Strategic Siting Study and Public Process for a 500 kV Transmission Line Project in the Desert Southwest, Pages 211-219, Dan Hawkins, Ray Hedrick, Kenda Pollio, Doni Lynn Harris
EPRI-GTC Tailored Collaboration Project: A Standardized Methodology for Siting Overhead Electric Transmission Lines, Pages 221-235, Steven French, Gayle Houston, Christy Johnson, Jesse Glasgow
Getting the Crop to Market: Siting and Permitting Transmission Lines on Buffalo Ridge, Minnesota, Pages 237-251, Michelle F. Bissonnette, Angela G.L. Piner, Pamela J. Rasmussen
When Public Convenience and Necessity Are Not Enough: Who Is Deciding Whether, Where, and How to Build Natural Gas Pipelines?, Pages 253-261, Elizabeth N. Dolezal, Fran Lowell, Todd A. Mattson
Planning a Large Diameter Pipeline in a Multi-Use Urban Corridor, Pages 263-272, Mario E. Buszynski
Permitting and Building an Oil Pipeline in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, Pages 273-276, Fernando L. Benalcazar, Mark Thurber
Management of Electrical Risks in Transmission Line — Pipeline Shared Rights-of-Way, Pages 277-281, Jose R. Daconti
The OCP Pipeline Project in Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Pages 283-295, Miguel Alemán, Mauricio Avila, Craig Day, Tim Zboya
Discovery and Recovery of Prehistoric Human Skeletal Remains from the Guardian Pipeline Corridor, Kendall County, Illinois, Pages 299-306, Patrick Robblee
Large-Scale Cultural Landscapes in Rights-of-Way Management, Pages 307-315, James H. Cleland
The Relationship between Birds and Shrubs in a Power Line Right-of-Way, Pages 319-323, James S. Marshall, Larry W. VanDruff
PacifiCorp\'s Bird Management Program: Integrating Reactive, Proactive, and Preventative Measures to Reduce Avian Mortality on Power Lines, Pages 325-329, Sherry Liguori, Jim Burruss
Minimizing Bird Collisions: What Works for the Birds and What Works for the Utility?, Pages 331-335, John M. Bridges, Theodore R. Anderson, Dirk Shulund, Linda Spiegel, Tim Chervick
Bird Nesting Ecology on a Right-of-Way in Central Pennsylvania: Long-Term Effects of the Wire-Border Zone Method, Pages 337-342, Richard H. Yahner, Richard T. Yahner, Bradley D. Ross, Russell J. Hutnik
Mitigation of Woodpecker Damage to Power Poles in British Columbia, Canada, Pages 343-354, Kenneth R. Parker, Midori Kasahara, Patricia A. Taylor, Kenneth N. Child, Harry W. Morgan, Grant G. Rasmussen, Rudy K. Zellman
Monk Parakeets: An Expanding Problem on Power Lines and Other Electrical Utility Structures, Pages 355-363, J.R. Newman, C.M. Newman, J.R. Lindsay, B. Merchant, M.L. Avery, S. Pruett-Jones
Assessment of Damage on Electric Transmission Wood Poles Caused by Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), Pages 365-369, François Morneau, G. Jean Doucet, Alain Lanoue
Ospreys and Transmission Lines in Lake Houston, TX: Problem and Solution, Pages 371-381, David C. McAden
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Electrocutions and Artificial Food Sources in Alaska, Pages 383-387, Richard E. Harness
Cooperative Efforts by the Bonneville Power Administration to Promote Ferruginous Hawk Nesting on the Department of Energy\'s Hanford Reservation in Washington State, Pages 389-393, William T. Erickson, James W. Watson, Bill Hubbard
A Case of White-Tailed Deer Controlling the Woody Vegetation in a Power Line Right-of-Way Located in a Winter Yard, Pages 395-398, G. Jean Doucet, Eric R. Thompson
Characteristics of Deciduous Woody Plant Summer Browse by White-tailed Deer on Electric Transmission Lines, Pages 399-406, Karl L. Schoeberl
Avian Shrub Land Management and Shrub Land Nesting Success, Pages 407-412, J.L. Confer, T. Hauck, M.-E. Silvia, V. Frary
Bird-Caused Outages Along the Bernalillo to Blackwater 345 kV Line in New Mexico, Pages 413-420, John Acklen, Douglas Campbell
Bird Mortality Near High Voltage Transmission Lines in Burlington and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Pages 421-428, G.C. Barrett, D.V. (Chip) Weseloh
Small Mammal Communities along Transmission Power Line Rights-of-Way in Deciduous Forests of Québec, Pages 429-437, Christian Fortin, G. Jean Doucet
Wildlife use of Riparian Vegetation Buffer Zones in High Voltage Powerline Rights-of-Way in Quebec Deciduous Forest, Pages 439-447, A. Bérubé, M. Larose, M. Belles-Isles, G.J. Doucet
A Comparison of Desert Tortoise Populations along the Kern River Pipeline Right-of-Way 1991–2003, Pages 449-456, Michael Donnelly, Brent Arnold, Tim Powell, David Schultz
Desert Tortoise Mitigation: Lessons Learned a Case Study of the Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Pages 457-466, Mike Donnelly, Brent Arnold, Tim Powell, Dave Schultz
Management of Power Line Easement Vegetation for Small Mammal Conservation in Australia: A Case Study of the Broad-toothed Rat (Mastacomys fuscus), Pages 467-477, Donna J. Clarke, John G. White
Vernal Pool Identification and Protection — Current and Future Permitting Implications, Pages 479-492, James Durand, Bryan Windmiller, F. Paul Richards
Pipeline Construction and Compliance with the Migratory Bird Convention Act, Pages 493-498, Albert Lees, Shawn Duncan, Tom Hanthorn
Impact of Natural Gas Pipeline Operation and Maintenance on Long-Term Population Viability of the Threatened Gopher Tortoise, Pages 499-512, Edward E. Wester, Joe W. Kolb
Potential Implications of the Canadian Species at Risk Act on Oil and Gas Companies, Pages 515-519, Jason K. Smith
Research Gaps Regarding the Ecological Effects of Fragmentation Related to Transmission-Line Rights-of-Way, Pages 521-527, Cassandra J. Willyard, Susan M. Tikalsky
Mitigation Measures for Rare Species During Necessary Maintenance Activities Within Existing Utility Rights-of-Way, Pages 529-539, Diana L. Walden, Stephen Morawski, Ingeborg E. Hegemann
Transmission Line Rights-of-Way as Enemy-Reduced Space for Moths (Lepidoptera), Pages 541-546, Dylan Parry, George H. Boettner, Jennifer A. Selfridge
Selected Non-native Plants of Rights-of-Ways (ROWs) in the Southeastern United States and Associated Impacts, Pages 547-554, Jeanne C. Jones, Dale H. Arner, John Byrd, Lisa Yager, Sarah Gallagher
Critical Habitat Assessment Using HEP Modeling in ROW Corridors, Pages 555-565, Allan M. Hale
Using a Mobile GIS Platform for Management of Noxious Weeds in the Mokelumne River Watershed of Northern California, Pages 569-575, Michael E. Fry, George Ball
Research of Wetland Construction and Mitigation Activities for Certificated Section 7(c) Pipeline Projects in the United States, Pages 579-600, James Martin, Kathleen R. Miller, J. Roger Trettel
A Horizontal Directional Drilling Best Management Practices Manual, Pages 603-612, Carl E. Tammi, Andrea M. Desilets, Eric R. Skonberg, Vipul Srivastava, James M. Evans
Inadvertent Slurry Returns during Horizontal Directional Drilling: Understanding the Frequency and Causes, Pages 613-621, Eric R. Skonberg, Carl E. Tammi, Andrea M. Desilets, Vipul Srivastava
Deep Compaction Resulting from Pipeline Construction — Potential Causes and Solutions, Pages 623-636, Troy T. Meinke, Tad L. Wesley, Dean E. Wesley
Effects of Heat from a Pipeline on Crop Growth — Interim Results, Pages 637-643, Gordon Dunn, Lorne Carlson, Gina Fryer, Melissa Pockar
Ultra Low Volume Applications for Rights-of-Way, Pages 647-651, Joe Lentz
Lake Erie Link Project: Assessment of Potential Construction Effects of Electric Cable Crossing(s) of Lake Erie, Pages 655-663, J. Fitchko, M. Ernst, B. McCormick, L. Gresock
Impacts of Power Line Rights-of-Way on Forested Stream Habitat in Western Washington, Pages 665-678, Nancy Claire Gleason
Investigation of the Potential Effects of Marine Pipelines on Dungeness Crab Movement and Benthic Ecology, Pages 679-692, Randal D. Glaholt
Investigations into Gas Pipeline Operational Noise and its Potential to Impact Toothed and Baleen Whales, Pages 693-709, Randal Glaholt, John Marko, Paul Kiteck
Overview of the River and Stream Crossings Study, Pages 711-721, Scott M. Reid, Serge Metikosh, James M. Evans
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Aerial Hyperspectral Imaging and Groundtruthing Survey: Use of Aerial Hyperspectral Imaging in Defining Habitat Areas of Particular-Concern for Summer Flounder in a High-Energy Estuarine Environment, Pages 723-728, Aleksandr C. Modjeski
Public Perception of Powerline Right-of-way Management: A Review of Current Knowledge, Pages 731-738, Brian N. Clark, J. Mark Fly, David A. Buehler, Richard M. Evans
Barriers to Collaborative Nature Conservation Efforts in Rural Energy Corridors: A Case Study in Southern Québec, Pages 739-751, Darren R. Bardati, Cédric Bourgeois
Helms-Gregg 230 kV: Successfully Negotiating the NEPA Process, Pages 755-764, Pamela R. Money
Afforestation on Power Line Rights-of-Way Using Speckled Alder (Alnus rugosa), Pages 765-773, Edward J. Glover, Robert F. Young
Right-of-Way Management by Eskom, South Africa, Pages 777-791, Hein F. Vosloo, Winston S.W. Trollope, Phillip E. Frost
Development of a Wildfire Risk Management System for British Columbia Transmission Corporation\'s Rights-of-Way, Pages 793-801, B.A. Blackwell, G. Shrimpton, F. Steele, D.W. Ohlson, A. Needoba
Restoration on a Pipeline Right-of-Way in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, Pages 805-818, Sara McMahon, Brent Arnold, Tim Powell, George Welsh, Mike Donnelly
Desert Restoration on Pipeline Rights-of-Way, Pages 819-833, Sara McMahon, Brent Arnold, Tim Powell, George Welsh, Paul Smith
Symposium Participants, Pages 835-847
Author Index, Pages 849-850
Keyword Index, Pages 851-853