Symposium Description

Theme: The overall theme ofthis Symposium will be vegetation management in rights-of-way corridors

Background: The Saratoga Springs Symposium is being organized by a steering committee representing industries, agencies, and universities involved in research and management of electric, gas, highway, railway, fiber optic, and water rights-of-way. The Calgary Symposium, held in September 2000, attracted over 400 attendees from 14 different countries. This symposium is the eighth in a series that began at Mississippi State University in 1976. It has subsequently been held in Ann Arbor, MI, 1979; San Diego, CA, 1982; Indianapolis, IN, 1987; Montreal, Quebec, 1993; New Orleans, LA, 1997; and Calgary, Alberta 2000.

Purpose: The Symposium will address environmental issues in rights-of-way planning and managment, and will provide a forum for information exchange among environmental professionals from a wide variety of agencies, industries, and academic organizations. The goal is to achieve a better understanding of current and emerging environmental issues related to rights-of-way management by sharing environmental research and practical experience throughout the world. This exchange of experiences and ideas will result in more cost-effective and environmentally sensitive rights-of-way managment.

Program: The program will consist of plenary sessions, concurrent technical sessions, a poster session, and field trips demonstrating rights-of-way issues. In addition to the general theme, an array of topics will be covered addressing environmental issues of concern in rights-of-way lanning, routing, siting, construction, operation, maintenance, decommissioning, and abandonment, including:

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