Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program <br> IA

Many of Iowa's 99 counties employ a roadside manager. These individuals are responsible for controlling erosion, weeds, and brush along hundreds of miles of county road. Van Buren County’s roadside manager, Wayne Thornsberry, is shown in a TA-funded native planting.

Iowa's Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management (IRVM) Program Office has been awarded FHWA funding to purchase native prairie seed for use in county rights-of-way since 1998. Approximately 1000 roadside acres have been planted each year. These plantings are well-adapted for use on roadsides, providing weed and erosion control, storm water management, and habitat corridors. The IRVM Program Office is located at the University of Northern Iowa’s Tallgrass Prairie Center.

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