AURI researchers design hemp threads for road construction erosion-control mats. AURI researchers in Waseca are developing hemp threads that could be used to make erosion control mats for the ...

Natural erosion, the kind that carved the Grand Canyon, is an unstoppable force that obeys only the laws of nature. But man-made erosion, the kind created by construction and the kind that can destroy ...

MAPLETON — A fire Sunday morning destroyed a building at Ero-Guard in Mapleton, which makes straw-based erosion prevention mats used on highway construction projects and other projects. Mapleton Fire ...

A nursery near Rexburg, where unusual wetland sod mats are grown for restoration projects, is starting its spring season with a desirable dilemma. “We’re already sold out of 3,000 mats,” said Ann ...

For a second season, Newburyport and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation laid down heavy, rubber pathways on two beach access points on Plum Island to mitigate sand dune erosion, but ...