Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management

What is IRVM?

Since 1987, Story County’s Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management (IRVM) program has worked to maintain county rights-of-way using sound ecological practices, planting roadsides with low-maintenance native plants that can tolerate Iowa's harsh climate. Their deep roots enhance rainfall infiltration, slow runoff, reduce erosion, and create habitat for pollinators, nesting birds, and other wildlife. 

To date, Story County Conservation’s IRVM program has planted over 1,600 acres of native species in Story County roadsides!