Sloped yards don't have to be barren. These plants stand up to erosion and can help make hilly landscapes beautiful.

Cold, steep, high-elevation slopes with less vegetation produce coarser and larger sediment than low-elevation, gentle slopes. This finding quantifies how sediment production varies with topography ...

Many homeowners see steep slopes as difficult or unusable ground that adds little value to a property. Yet these same areas ...

Chattanooga planners are proposing an array of new rules to limit land erosion and damage amid the area's solid growth, saying they're trying to balance protection with private property rights.

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 ...

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 ...

Gravity and rock physics say slopes steeper than about 30°—known as the critical threshold angle, or the angle of repose—shouldn't really exist, yet they do. These steep slopes and near-vertical ...

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.

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — In Fort Pierce on the beach at Jetty Park, getting to the ocean is not easy because of a tall slope of sand. Erick Gill, Communications Director for St.Lucie County, said ...

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 ...