Once you have settled on the type of snow fence you want, it's important to know exactly where to place it. Think about the area you want to keep clear, and build your snow fencing upwind from ...

Snow banks help plants thrive in the mountains, providing water and nutrients for soil. But as climate change warms the atmosphere, their support systems are changing.

Snow fences may help save money, lives, and the environment 04:18. BIRD ISLAND, Minn. – Minnesota spends close to $100 million every year to clear snow and ice from state roads.

Living snow fences (LSF) can mitigate blowing snow problems, reduce the cost of highway maintenance and improve highway safety. LSF are rows of trees or shrubs that perform the same function as wooden ...

Snow fences are installed along roads and highways to prevent snow from piling up and drifting over the roadway. They cause a reduction in wind speed and increases in turbulence.

The Riverhead Highway Department has received top honors in a statewide invention competition for a device its workers use to ...

A pronghorn struggles to move along a section of woven-wire fencing in deep snow in the Green River Basin of western Wyoming. Pronghorn in the Red Desert faced similar obstacles during their escape ...

Incoming snow storm scenarios. There are two possible scenarios with this system, and this is also why we meteorologists will give such wide ranges of snowfall amounts.