DOUGLAS COUNTY — Prairie strips, buffer strips, vegetative strips, terraces - a strip by any other name is still doing good things for the environment.

Scott Miller, Founder & CEO of PICKLETILE™, created PICKLEGLASS™ Soundproof Systems, an innovative sports design solution.

State regulations required residents in high-risk neighborhoods to create vegetation-free buffers around their homes. California had invested billions of dollars to reduce the amount of woody fuel ...

Venice neighbors have called on state leaders to intervene after crews from the Florida Department of Transportation cleared trees and vegetation that acted as a buffer against noise from a highway.

Work is underway to reestablish vegetation in the area in hopes of helping to buffer runoff in flood-prone South Maui. MAUI ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING photos Work to reestablish the riparian ...