Most roadside and utility vegetation managers are aware of the importance of managing plants for threatened and endangered species, but any individual species (no matter how charismatic) is only a very small piece of the puzzle in a healthy ecosystem. More importantly, healthy and functional ecosystems are resilient, diverse, and more likely to support and benefit local flora and fauna. Integrated vegetation management (IVM) is the best tool for establishing and supporting communities of native vegetation that are compatible with land use. In the presentation accompanying this CEU quiz, Kieran Hunt will discuss managing land through IVM for healthy, productive ecosystems, with a focus on internal and external hurdles during conversion to IVM as well as program maturity, how it relates to project- versus program-based management, and what adaptive management looks like on the right-of-way.
Watch the presentation before taking this CEU quiz. This quiz is worth 0.5 CEU credits. (A, U, T, M, L, Bp)
CEUs for this quiz may be earned only once during the life of your certification.