How to Organize and Perform a R.O.W. Program with Partners

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How to Organize and Perform a R.O.W. Program with
Partners

• Chris Bryan Roadside Development Manager
• Mississippi Department of Transportation
• District 6

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Introduction to Cogongrass

• District 6 May 2002
• Cogongrass already at level that seemed
  insurmountable.
• No measures being taken to combat this
  widespread problem.
• Where do we go from here?

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Starting the Process

• Cogongrass Awareness
• Meeting in Kiln, MS formed the Mississippi
  Cogongrass Taskforce.
• Public education and measures to be taken
  for combating cogongrass.
• Meeting in Waynesboro, MS brought about
  Good Neighbor Policy.
• Creating a plan of action for the MDOT in
• District 6.

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Good Neighbor Policy

• Implemented mainly by word of mouth.
• Bureau of Plant Industry and NRCS
  grants.
• Mississippi Coastal Plains RCD education
  program.
• Organizations such as MVMA, NRVMA and
  Southern Weed Science Society.
• Employees of MDOT spreading the word when
  approached by the public.

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How the Good Neighbor Policy works.

• A landowner calls in to a MDOT Office and states
  that they have cogongrass adjacent to their
  property.
• Meet with the landowner to get the boundaries
  of their property.
• Make the herbicide application on the site.
• Keep in contact with the landowner to spray any
  re-growth.

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Working with Partners

• Partnership formed with MDOT, MSU and DEQ on a
  seedhead suppression study on Highway 63 in
  Jackson County.
• Applying several herbicides with the intentions
  of cutting down on the number of windblown seeds.

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Plateau 12 fl oz/A applied at dormancy 60 DAT
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Plateau 12 fl oz/A applied at dormancy 60 DAT
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Glyphosate 16 fl oz/A applied at dormancy 60 DAT
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Glyphosate 16 fl oz/A applied at dormancy 60 DAT
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Glyphosate 32 fl oz/A applied at dormancy 60 DAT
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Glyphosate 32 fl oz/A applied at dormancy 60 DAT
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Select 16 fl oz/A applied at dormancy 60 DAT
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Working with Partners continued

• Embarked on a partnership to spray an area of
  interest in four coastal counties.
• Parties involved included MDOT, Coastal Plains
  RCD, USDA, NWTF, NRCS, U.S. Forest Service and
  the counties involved.
• In the process of erecting signs for public
  awareness.

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Herbicide Mixtures for Cogongrass

• Mixture for areas with no hardwood trees
• Glyphosate 2 V/V
• Imazapyr (2 lbs. A.I.) 1 V/V
• Non-Ionic Surfactant - .25 V/V

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Mixtures continued

• Areas with hardwood trees
• Glyphosate 2 V/V
• Non-Ionic Surfactant - .25 V/V
• Seedhead Suppression
• Imazapic 12 fl oz./acre
• Non-Ionic Surfactant - .25 V/V

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Initial Control Practices

• Targeted four lane systems.
• Landowners that called in for the Good Neighbor
  Policy
• Seedhead Suppression on areas that were highly
  infested.

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Current Practices

• Still targeting four lane systems.
• Spraying of areas that have re-growth or was
  missed on the initial application.
• Adapting the Good Neighbor Policy to include
  whole routes when able.
• Spraying new construction areas before the start
  of initial clearing.
• Spraying newly established construction areas
  when cogongrass is detected.

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Current Practices cont.

• Continuing our seedhead suppression program this
  winter.
• Avoiding areas in our mowing cycle with
  cogongrass in bloom.
• Making sure mowers are cleaned before leaving a
  cogongrass infested area.
• Working closely with Coastal Plains RCD on more
  areas for partnership.

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