Integrated roadside vegetation management means using cost-effective, environmentally-sound practices to control weeds, manage brush and seed rights-of-way. A wide variety of equipment is needed to accomplish these practices, and the Living Roadway Trust Fund has helped Iowa's state and county transportation departments enhance their IRVM programs by funding appropriate equipment.

The LRTF Advisory Committee has established guidelines for the type of equipment that will be funded. Occasionally funding is approved for new types of equipment, based on suggestions and input from roadside managers across the state. And Iowa's secondary road departments often experiment with modified or specialized equipment to better accomplish their IRVM goals.

Reviews of certain specialized equipment are provided here by roadside managers to help each other, and others, make informed decisions about IRVM equipment purchases. Roadside vegetation and other natural resource managers are encouraged to submit reviews about their own equipment, or provide comments about the reviews shown here. Send reviews or comments to the state's County IRVM Coordinator.