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Volume 34, Number 4, May 2014
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Special Feature
8 Fundamentals of Utility Vegetation
Management
Industry Insights
12 Tree Butchers?
Training & Education
16 Electric: Always Present, Always
Dangerous
Herbicides
20 The Impact Water Quality Can Have on
Herbicide Performance
Tools and Equipment
22 Maintaining and Calibrating Backpack
Sprayers
Equipment Focus
23 ROW Maintenance Equipment
FEATURES & PRODUCTS
DEPARTMENTS
6 From the Editor
26 Ad Index
26 Marketplace
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Photo by John Kmitta
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