Presented by integrated vegetation management (IVM) specialist Rich Hendler, this webinar series covers everything from IVM basics and history to herbicide safety and best practices. View the webinars below, then connect with Rich to learn more about the advantages of IVM and how you can continue growing your skills and knowledge.
Using herbicides to control vegetation on ROWs is a cornerstone of IVM. In this webinar, you’ll learn typical practices, common errors, and examples of excellence. Safety is also paramount, and like any other tool, herbicides require training. We’ll examine the proper use of PPE, storage, transportation, and handling needed to optimize an IVM program.
Herbicide is but one tool in the IVM toolbox. Understanding it helps us use it more precisely by safely providing reliable energy and low-growing, compatible-species-sustainable ROWs. This webinar provides background information on ROW herbicide basics, product registration, labeling, and most importantly, tips and guidance for safe handling, transport, and appropriate use.
This electric coop-centric webinar introduces IVM strategies and lessons learned. Topics include implementation, available resources, and take-home thoughts gained from years in VM. It’s a story grounded in the necessity of tree work and the importance of treating hand-cut brush that ends with prescription control for sustainable, early successional, and diverse ROWs.
What’s your shade of green? Over time, the best management practices of Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) have evolved with the industry. Each year, the number of control methods — including biological, chemical, cultural, physical, and prescribed burning — continues to expand and evolve. This webinar focuses on managing undesirable woody species to arrest plant succession and different control methods that ultimately provides the plant community sustainability.
The encompassing term integrated vegetation management (IVM) is used to describe the complexity of managing narrow corridors of land that we call rights-of-way. IVM in its fullest sense can restore ecosystems, promote pollinator forage, establish early successional plant communities, improve wildlife habitat, and control invasive plants while supporting the reliable energy delivery. In this webinar, ACRT Services IVM Specialist Rich Hendler discusses current IVM practices and explores the need to change our vernacular from controlling undesirables and completing VM commitments to ecological benefits.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Richard Hendler is the integrated vegetation management (IVM) specialist for ACRT Services. With his wide-ranging right-of-way (ROW) knowledge and IVM expertise, along with his deep industry involvement and leadership, he has helped bring new opportunities and successes to utilities throughout the country. He is a past president of the Utility Arborist Association (UAA) and past president of the Oklahoma and Louisiana Vegetation Management Associations. Hendler served as the inaugural president of the Texas Vegetation Management Association, where he was also a recipient of the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Hendler was honored with the UAA President’s Award in the summer of 2016. Richard is an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborist and utility specialist. Additionally, he holds a B.S. in Biology from Tulane University and an M.S. in Agronomy and Crop Science from Texas A&M University.
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