Integrated Vegetation Management
(IVM) is generally defined as the
practice of promoting desirable, stable,
low-growing plant communities that
will resist invasion by tall growing tree
species through the use of appropriate,
environmentally-sound, and cost-
effective control methods. epa.gov
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Female eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) eating
nectar of milkweed flower (Asclepias sp.) in the utility ROW.
