Evaluation of the Wildlife Habitat Values of Rights-of-Way

1 July 1979

journal article
research article
Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Wildlife Management

Vol. 43 (3) , 642-649
https://doi.org/10.2307/3808742

Abstract

Wildlife habitat on segments of a sprayed [2,4-D and 2,4,S-T] electric transmission right-of-way (ROW) was evaluated by a new technique that provided useful quantitative habitat values based upon field rating of essential needs of a selected species. Similar evaluation was made of the adjacent forest unmodified by a ROW. Use of the technique in central Pennsylvania [USA] with white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) gave an average value of 8.2 for segments of a sprayed ROW with a forest edge as compared with 5.5 for adjacent oak forests without a ROW. A realistic evaluation of the differences between the 2 habitat types was probably obtained. A food plot and a wildlife clearing were also evaluated and the practical use of the technique was tested using professional utility personnel.

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