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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Infrastructure Vegetation Management
One of the more significant themes emerging from ROW 14 was the increasing integration of artificial intelligence into mainstream infrastructure and environmental management workflows. While much o...
Technology Integration Is Becoming the Next Challenge in Utility Vegetation Management
A major theme emerging from the ROW14 Conference was that the utility vegetation management sector is rapidly moving beyond simply collecting data and is now entering a phase focused on operational...
Condition Based Utility Vegetation Management Is Moving From Theory to Operational Reality
One of the strongest operational discussions emerging from the ROW14 Conference came from Robert Vanderhoof from Arbormetrics, focusing on the transition from traditional cycle based vegetation man...
Drone, LiDAR and Remote Sensing Are Reshaping Utility Vegetation Management
One of the strongest technical presentations at the ROW14 Conference came from Dr Ashley Bennett from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), focusing on how drone imagery, LiDAR, satellite d...
Integrated Vegetation Management in Rights-of-Way (Part 2)
Integrated Vegetation Management, fighting veg with veg Integrated Vegetation Management in Australian rights-of-way | Part 2 of 2 In simple terms, Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) is the del...
Integrated Vegetation Management in Rights-of-Way (Part 1)
Integrated Vegetation Management in Australian rights-of-way | Part 1 of 2 Linear infrastructure is the circulatory system of the Australian economy. Electricity transmission and distribution lines...
Rethinking Vegetation Management: From Compliance to Condition
This article summarises key insights from a presentation delivered in April 2026 by Professor Lawrence J. Kahn, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Tulane Center for Environmental Law and Director...
Solar Farm Vegetation Management: Moving from Reactive Control to Structured Integrated Programs
Over the past year we have spent time reviewing vegetation management approaches on a number of utility scale solar assets, especially those in high rainfall regions. One of the consistent observat...
Vegetation Management Reality on Large Infrastructure Networks
Across Australia many infrastructure corridors are managed using herbicide programs that have been in place for many years. Those programs were originally built around chemistries that delivered re...