Roadside Revegetation

PLANNING PHASE ONE: ORIENT
Figure 4-7 | BAMANA website
displays pollinator sightings
for locations around the US
Websites, such as the BAMONA, can
display specific locations where pollinators
have been sighted. The search for a
specific county in Maine brings up a list
of butterfly and moth sightings.
Many good websites are devoted to pollinator species. The Butterflies and Moths of North
America (BAMONA) (www.butterfliesandmoths.org/) (Figure 4-7) and eButterfly (www.e
butterfly.org/ebutterflyapp/#/maps) websites are citizen scientist websites that provide access
to data about butterflies and moths in North America. Sightings of butterfly and moth species
are shown on maps of the U.S. for many species on these websites, including a description
of each species. These maps allow the designer to determine if specific pollinator species are
near the project area. The crowd-sourcing website BugGuide (http://bugguide.net/node/
view/15740) is an online citizen science group that collects images of North American insects
and offers an insect identification service for submitted images. Specific to the monarch
butterfly is the Monarch Joint Venture website (www.monarchjointventure.org/). This is a
good resource for monarch butterfly biology, and the site also presents a map that displays
current monarch butterfly sightings throughout the U.S.
4.3.5 ROAD PLANS
Understanding the design of the road project and how the site will appear after construction
are important in developing a revegetation plan. Prior to a field review, an evaluation of road
plans and reports should be conducted. Road plans show road cuts, road fills, drainages,
ditches, disposal areas, abandoned roads, and engineered structures, which typically require
different revegetation strategies. As discussed in the next section, these road components
often become the basis or foundation of the revegetation unit map. Most road plans include
a series of cross sections that provide slope steepness and shape, components that directly
guide revegetation design. Many road projects include Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans
that describe how water will be controlled, directed, and treated. These reports address the
requirements and expectations for soil cover and revegetation and should be understood
prior to developing a revegetation plan. Refer to Chapter 3 for how to read road plans, profiles,
cross-sections, and typical views.
4.4 DEFINE REVEGETATION UNITS
Revegetation units are areas with similar revegetation treatments and environment (e.g., soils,
climate, and vegetation potential). In mountainous terrain, there may be several revegetation
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