Edko’s vine control programs address the unique challenges posed by climbing and trailing vegetation that can rapidly overtake utility infrastructure, creating safety hazards and operational risks. Vines such as poison ivy, wild grape, Virginia creeper, and kudzu aggressively climb poles, towers, and trees within rights-of-way, adding dangerous weight loads, obscuring equipment, interfering with inspections, and accelerating the growth of host trees into clearance zones. Our targeted vine management strategies eliminate these threats while preserving ground-level vegetation that provides beneficial erosion control and habitat value. Through selective application methods including foliar sprays during active growth, cut-stem treatments, and basal applications, we systematically control established vine populations and prevent re-infestation. Treatment timing is strategically planned to maximize uptake when vines are actively translocating nutrients—typically late spring through early fall for foliar applications, and year-round for cut-stem methods on larger woody vines. Our precision techniques focus herbicide contact on vine foliage and stems while minimizing exposure to surrounding desirable plants, maintaining the diversity of low-growing vegetation communities that naturally suppress vine establishment.Effective vine control reduces the need for emergency tree removals by preventing vines from pulling host trees into conductors and eliminates the hazardous conditions created by obscured equipment and structural overloading. By addressing vines as a distinct vegetation management challenge separate from general brush control, we prevent the rapid vertical growth that compromises clearances between routine maintenance cycles. This proactive approach maintains safe, accessible rights-of-way while supporting overall vegetation management objectives that balance operational reliability with environmental stewardship and habitat preservation.