This report is one of a series produced by a research project entitled An Integrated Analysis of the Alternatives to 2,4,5-T. The purpose of the project was to investigate alternatives to the herbicide 2,4,5-T with respect of effectiveness, costs, environmental and ecological effects, and the regulations and policies which surround their use.

A presentation of strategies for managing woody plants and using research data to select the most appropriate control methods. It analyzes the responses of over 370 North American woody plants to commercially available herbicides. The authors provide methods to manage woody plants that interfere with recreation, watershed yield, animal and plant diversity, resource conservation, wildlife and livestock needs, and wood production on grazing, forest, and related land.