Snow fences have lots of uses in wintry, windy places. They can protect railway lines and airports (like Denver’s). Ski resorts can use them to gather snow, and ranchers can lock in a spring ...

Snow fences can be great for keeping drifts at bay, but is it worth installing one on your property? It depends on several factors.

Snow fence: An open, slatted board fence 3-10 feet high, placed about 50 feet upwind of a highway, used to disrupt wind flow so that wind-blown snow is deposited immediately downwind of the fence ...

What's Up With That? Is that a snow fence? No, a picket fence — of 1,450 skis These used boards, 200 yards’ worth, have been dropped off over the years at a garden store in Sultan. by Andrea ...

To the Editor:In regard to Todd Kibbler’s Jan. 15 letter, “Snow fences make good neighbors,” which cites a lack of the once-familiar fences in open fields:Yes, the fences are a great idea ...

Noticed the fences on the beaches along Lake Michigan? Ever wonder what they are? Commonly called snow fences, the wood-slat barriers are just one of many preparations the city of South Haven ...

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

The federal grant will fund the installation of 24 miles of snow fence across 38 sites along the 120-mile stretch of Interstate 94 between Moorhead and Alexandria.

Snow fences in west central Minnesota prove to be effective during recent winter storms, according to MnDOT.

1 / A snow fence along Interstate 94 east of Moorhead, pictured in January 2019. Jordan Ryan / WDAY 2 / A snow fence along Interstate 94 near Barnesville, Minn., pictured this month. Jordan Ryan ...

Captain Ahab had his white whale, and the Independence Pass Foundation has its snow fence. The Aspen-based nonprofit has been plugging away since the mid-1990s on removing remnants of aluminum ...