As a result, the City of Cedar Rapids is turning to snow fences to help keep drivers and the roads safe. “It stops the wind from blowing as hard as it possibly can, it knocks the snow down and ...

A new documentary film details how a catastrophic pronghorn die-off influenced the restoration of an estimated 18,000 acres ...

It's paying them to leave parts of their cornstalks standing to act as a makeshift fence to stop snow from drifting onto county roads. Jason Glick, county highway maintenance superintendent ...

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 ...

Inspired by a snow fence they saw while driving along the Continental Divide in 1972, Christo and Jeanne-Claude envisioned a large installation that would enhance the topography of the land.

The NWP model can also quantify the historical wind and snowfall field in Wyoming for better snow fence system design. The simulated historical wind field is shown in right graphic. The numerical ...