Blowing and drifting snow can increase the cost of highway maintenance and create hazardous driving conditions. These problems occur when snow is lifted off the ground by wind and transported across ...

ST. PAUL -- Windbreaks and living snow fences benefit open and rural landscapes by protecting homes, farmsteads, communities and roadways from blowing and drifting snow. Winter is a great time to ...

New York state’s Dept. of Transportation is bringing science to snowdrifts. The agency last month presented “SnowMan,” software for optimizing snow fences on existing roads and for designing highways ...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is testing a solar snow fence near Moorhead. The dual purpose fence prevents snow from drifting onto a nearby highway while generating electricity from solar ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Snow that blows and drifts across roadways has long troubled road maintenance crews and commuters alike, creating treacherous driving conditions and requiring additional maintenance ...

The common snow fence in use when Interstate 80 opened in the fall of 1970 was not sufficient in combating blowing and drifting snow on the Laramie-Walcott stretch. The Wyoming Highway Department ...

Aims In cold-arid systems, moisture availability is often a limiting factor to vegetation establishment and growth. Consequentially, manipulating soil moisture dynamics may help to improve restoration ...

SULTAN — It’s that colorful fence made of skis on U.S. 2 on the way to Stevens Pass that makes you go, “Now that is cool.” The panel of 1,450 old skis stretches roughly 200 yards. What’s up with that?

Snow that blows and drifts across roadways has long troubled road maintenance crews and commuters alike, creating treacherous driving conditions and requiring additional maintenance resources to ...