This electric coop-centric webinar introduces integrated vegetation management (IVM) strategies and lessons learned. Topics covered include implementation, available resources, and take-home thoughts gained from a lot of years in vegetation management. It’s a story grounded in the necessity of tree work and the importance of treating brush that was hand-cut by tree crews that ends with the delivery of prescription control in a complex world to deliver sustainable, early successional, and diverse habitats called rights-of-way.
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ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Rich Hendler is an IVM Specialist with ACRT. He is a renowned subject matter expert with more than 40 years of rights-of-way experience at major industry organizations. He is a past president of the UAA, Oklahoma Vegetation Management Association (VMA), Louisiana VMA, and was the inaugural president of the Texas VMA. Currently, he sits on the Right-of-Way Steward Initiative Advisory Board, UAA Training committee, Events committee, and Membership committee. Contact Rich at rhendler@acrtinc.com.