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The Living Roadway Trust Fund was established to promote the implementation of integrated
roadside vegetation management (IRVM) activities--including the preservation, establishment,
and maintenance of native vegetation--along Iowa's roadsides. To better understand
IRVM, and ensure its success, a portion of LRTF appropriations is used
to fund IRVM-related research. Through the years, the LRTF has supported
the study of a wide variety of IRVM issues: from roadside butterfly habitat to isozyme
variation in native roadside plant species.
A request for research proposals is occasionally announced. Investigator-initiated
research is also considered for funding. Specific requirements for research
proposals are included in the
LRTF Application
Instructions and Funding
Guidelines. Deadline for submission of proposals
is June 1.
The following research proposal has been accepted for funding in 2013:
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Impact of
prescribed fire in year 5 of a roadside prairie planting on
plant and insect communities
Kirk Larsen, Luther College
Final report due May 15, 2014
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Use of
Iowa roadways by Leopard frogs for dispersal among restored
wetlands
Paul Bartelt, Waldorf College
Final report due July 15, 2013
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Reciprocal
effects of insect and mammal herbivores with tallgrass prairie
diversity
Stan Harpole and Brett Mortensen, Iowa State University
Final report due November 30, 2013
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