Henderson County Board of Commissioners gave tentative approval Tuesday to a 60 percent steep slope regulation in the land development code. The commissioners have been wrestling with the idea of ...

Perhaps the most challenging landscaping problem is that of what to plant on a steep slope. Slopes require plants that can establish quickly, tolerant of fluctuating soil moisture and potentially poor ...

She said that what used to be a 40 percent, wooded steep slope behind her house is now a leveled off hill with a large cement wall where building has been stalled for years. "To me, the people who are ...

In real estate development, there are things called BMPs (Best Management Practices). BMPs are standards intended to minimize, and control the various risks associated with and created by the ...

Nielsen Brothers plans to cut 54 acres of timber directly behind the community of 83 homes. Locals said they were never consulted. CONCRETE — A hillside rises 1,300 feet within less than a mile, right ...

Experts told a group of about 30 residents Monday that the greatest protection homeowners and prospective home buyers can take against landslides is arming themselves with information. This year, the ...

The Winnetka Village Council is debating changes to its lot consolidation and steep slope regulations in an effort to protect the lakefront from negative impacts of potential development. Drafted ...