Snow fences have drifted into the swirling snows of memory, where they’ll probably remain buried. The fences, with their narrow, wooden slats, used to be one of the surest signs winter was ...

Snow fences are built to prevent snow drifting in ... The slowing wind can no longer carry a snow load and the snow drops out, creating a drift. The beautifully sculpted snowdrift that contained ...

Snow drifts occur when winds blow the snow and a stationary object such as your home or fence stops the snow from traveling ...

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 ...

with the attendant risk of being stuck in said snow drift, I’m more than happy to see more and more of these fences going up.

Living snow fences-densely planted windbreaks that have been specifically designed and planted to reduce blowing and drifting snow-can reduce the effort spent on managing these problem areas.

The fence functions by blocking snow drifts. A 100-foot section of fence can produce about 20 kWh to 30 kWh per hour during the daytime in the northern climate, said Mijia Yang, associate ...

and it makes a drift before it gets onto the highway.” Crews are planting about 25,000 shrubs -- three different varieties -- along five miles of the interstate. The living snow fence is going ...

Given the massive drifts of snow that I’ve had to plow my storm-chase vehicle through, with the attendant risk of being stuck in said snow drift, I’m more than happy to see more and more of these ...