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Post by Hardcorehunter on Mar 9, 2007 20:41:41 GMT -5
I have powerlines that back up to my property. I have thought about tilling the land and putting in a food plot of some kind. Does anyone know the law on planting on powerlines. Has anyone ever done it?
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Post by busco on Mar 13, 2007 10:48:57 GMT -5
i had called about running some cows on them and they said no but haventasked about planting yet... have been thinking about doing this myself
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Post by BIG FOX on Mar 13, 2007 11:58:39 GMT -5
i mean what are they going to do, come out and pull up the crop or waste time and money killing it off?? i think you would be fine....
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Post by busco on Mar 16, 2007 8:53:05 GMT -5
FINALLY GOT A HOLD OF THE RIGHT GUY AT SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC ONE OF THE FORESTERS ;D HE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO PLANT LOW CROPS OR SHRUBS (NO TREES OF COURSE) ON THE RIGHT OF WAYS.... HE DID SAY THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP IT CLEANED UP AROUND IT AND MAYBE EVEN PUT SIGNS FOR THE PEOPLE DOING THE MOWING OR CLEARING ON THE LINES THAT, THAT AREA IS A WILDLIFE HABITAT AREA OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT OR YOU MAY COME OUT TO A FOOD PLOT THAT JUST GOT MOWED!!!!!
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Mar 16, 2007 10:24:49 GMT -5
Sounds like good news to me. Maybe make some sort of signs up that say "Wildlife Habitat - Do not mow". The mowers will probably be happy when they see them...less work.
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Mar 16, 2007 19:28:08 GMT -5
Thanks for finding out all that info Busco.
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Post by sideways on Feb 2, 2008 19:12:28 GMT -5
Busco, do you need written permission from them?
Do you still have the name and number of the contact person you spoke to ?
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Post by nalley1952 on Mar 30, 2008 12:26:42 GMT -5
You guys better make sure it's not a Pepco power line. They will have you charged for tresspassing. I know this for a fact and have seen people charged becasue they blood trailed a deer on them.
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Post by busco on Mar 31, 2008 19:02:18 GMT -5
mine are smeco lines they used to pepco ( i think they call them transmission lines) I talked to one of the environmental guys and he said i could plant low shrubs or plants.... now it is different if you dont own the attaching land.. it is only a right of way so if you try to plant on a piece of powerline that you dont own either side of it probably wont go over good.....
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Post by sideways on Apr 4, 2008 21:38:52 GMT -5
Nalley, I had heard that as well.
We have Pepco power lines splitting our lease property in half.
I went to their website and got an 800 # but have not followed up to see if they could be planted.
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