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To improve safety on county roads in the winter, Perth County will fully fund the planting of living snow fences on private properties through its annual stewardship program.
A portion of the living snow fence is pictured along Minnesota Highway 23 between Hawick and Paynesville. The 3.3 miles of living snow fence was started in 2024 and complete in the spring of 2025.
When a severe winter struck Wyoming’s Red Desert in December 2022, one pronghorn doe made a desperate escape attempt, trudging 240 miles through a snowbound wasteland. Fences blocked her routes to ...
Last year, the state planted 1.2 miles of living snow fence, enough to guard 9,000 feet of roadway. Sixty-six living snow fences have been planted in Wyoming since 2000.
As snow begins to fall and accumulate, road salt is used to aid melting throughout a snow event. During inclement weather, DelDOT does not use sand on roadways unless there is a specific need ...
The cost to build and then deconstruct actual snow fences across the county, at $5.03 per foot, would cost the county a total of $357,366.45, which includes labor and equipment.
Jason Glick, county highway maintenance superintendent, said this method of containing snow is cheaper than having crews build snow fences every fall and take them down in the spring. It also would be ...