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Roadside Vegetation Management

The DOTD Policy for Roadside Vegetation Management provides guidelines and categories of roadside vegetative maintenance, herbicides, wildflowers, and landscaping. 
 
Deviation from policies in the manual must have written approval of the DOTD Chief Landscape Architect and the DOTD Chief Engineer.   
 
Roadside vegetative maintenance guidelines are intended to accomplish the following objectives: 


1. Provide for safety of the traveling public 
2. Blend the roadside with adjacent land uses   
3. Improve aesthetic quality 
4. Reduce erosion 
5. Increase efficiency of maintenance operations

Policy for Roadside Vegetation Management

 

Wildflower Program

 

The DOTD Wildflower Program is enlisting the help of the Master Gardener Program and enthusiasts who wish to help DOTD's Wildflower Program catalog the various wildflowers on the roadside. The form below was set up so that interested parties could report wildflower locations to DOTD for input into the Wildflower Program.

Louisiana Roadside Wildflower Locations