City Councilman Darrin Ledford, who oversees planning and zoning, said Wednesday he has always opposed sharp new limits on steep slope and floodplain development as proposed earlier for consideration ...

ELLIOTT MENASHE of Greenbelt Consulting is the most quotable forester I’ve ever met. Maybe that’s because he’s evolved from traditional forestry to the challenge of restoring steep slopes. There’s ...

Steep slopes present a challenge in the garden, both in the initial planning stages and in relation to ongoing maintenance.

For years, geologists believed that mountains, due to their steep slopes and high rates of erosion, were large contributors to the trapping of carbon in ocean sediment. But a new study suggests that ...

View of Saratoga Lake from a home on Hill Road on Monday, April 24, 2017, in Stillwater, N.Y. Neighbors are upset with developer John Witt's plans to clear cut trees from land at the end of Hill Road.

Homeowners often learn the hard way that bark mulch on a steep hill can behave more like a loose avalanche than a ground ...

Slope erosion and landslides pose a rocky risk for motorists along Southern California highways, and the Caltrans is using wire mesh to bolster freeway protections on the hilly Antelope Valley Freeway ...

Gardening season is underway, and you may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty ...

According to the report, "one common issue for both soil types is the thinness of the soil cover. Additionally, steep slopes decrease resistance to erosion. Furthermore, both soil types contain gravel ...