E – 1524 Vegetation Management; Levees, Floodwalls, & Dams

This course provides guidelines to assure that landscape planting and vegetation management provide aesthetic and environmental benefits without compromising the reliability of levees, floodwalls, embankment dams, and appurtenant structures. The dimensions of the vegetation-free and root-free zones defined in this document provide the minimum acceptable buffer between vegetation and flood damage reduction structures.

This course is based on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Technical Letter No. 1110-2-583, “Guidelines for landscape planting and vegetation management at levees, floodwalls, embankment dams, and appurtenant structures,” April 30, 2014.