Charlotte Milne receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Public Scholars Initiative at UBC. The research mentioned in this article received funding ...

An unfortunately popular method of "protecting" lakeshore has been to line the shoreline with 6-12" diameter rocks, to a height of up to 5 feet above the ordinary high water mark. This practice is ...

Oregon has a long and tortured history with people pushing the bounds of shoreline safety. Perhaps the most famous example is the demise of Bayocean, sometimes referred to "the town that fell into the ...

Every spring, melting snow and heavy rainfall brings a higher risk of flooding and riverbank erosion to parts of Canada. Bank erosion is responsible for a significant portion of annual flood damage in ...

If you have riprap, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would like you to stick a plant in it. Riprap is used to prevent erosion on waterfront properties by forming a barrier with rocks. While that may ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — More than 100 volunteers removed tons of riprap rock from the Tom McCall Bowl Beach, the spot where the Waterfront Blues Fest is held each year. Willie Levenson with the Human ...

BRAINERD — Crews from Urban Companies out of St. Paul performed work on Brainerd’s Laurel Street bridge Tuesday, Sept. 10. The project included the repair of the joint and the riprap slope below the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every spring, melting snow and heavy rainfall brings a higher risk of flooding and riverbank erosion to parts of Canada. Bank ...