A berm is a mounded area that is raised up from the surrounding soil to create a higher elevation with a gradual slope on all sides to the borders. The size and shape of the berm will depend on its ...

LAKESIDE, Utah — Crews have completed efforts to raise a berm by four feet in an "emergency surgery" effort to balance the salinity of the shrinking Great Salt Lake. "It was critical," Eric Dixon, the ...

Crews on one of the first stages of Sussex’s flood mitigation project are “making great headway,” according to the town’s CAO. At Sussex council’s monthly meeting Monday, councillors approved ...

In the 1970s, a TV commercial for Chiffon Stick Margarine taught us, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.” So far in 2025, the city of Ocean Shores isn’t trying to fool Mother Nature, but rather keep ...

Collier County commissioners have approved a no-bid contract to expedite the construction of an emergency berm to protect upland property left vulnerable by Hurricane Ian. At their last board meeting ...

But when the big day arrived and Col. Gregg Martin, commander of the 130 th Engineer Brigade, and Sergeant Major Sergio Riddle raced to the border in a little flock of Humvees to fine tune the ...

Phil and Shelly Krohn are having issues with their berm. One problem can be too much water from an irrigation system set for turf. Marjie Ducey OWH Living writer and columnist Marjie Ducey looks back ...

After a big snowfall, roads in Chugiak-Eagle River are cleared faster and cheaper than those in Anchorage. So what’s the catch? “When we get an additional snowfall, everybody’s going to get a berm,” ...

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Marin County has begun a nearly $300,000 repair job on sections of a rapidly deteriorating floodwall shielding more than 500 homes in San Rafael. While a crew is on the ground replacing wooden boards ...

Recent winter weather left a lot of snow in Flagstaff — as much as 3 to 4 feet since it started coming down last weekend — and the labor of snow removal has been wearing on residents, especially when ...