While wattles are most often seen being used for sediment control in road construction, they have other uses, Shypkoski says. "Anywhere where there's a construction zone and it's got a hill" is where ...

A supplier is offering a limited amount of free straw wattles to Napa and Sonoma residents affected by wildfires to help them prevent winter runoff on damaged watersheds. Wattles -- long tubes of ...

Free straw wattles to control erosion will be available 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday in Paradise and Yankee Hill. The Butte County Resource Conservation District will be giving the wattles away at the ...

Local hardware and garden supply stores are selling more sandbags and other erosion control items as another storm makes its way toward the Central Coast. The coming weekend storm follows a storm that ...

More wet weather means more runoff in the North Bay burn zones. Some homeowners are turning to wattles, a device more familiar in the building trades, to slow erosion and absorb pollutants. "We like ...

Fearing erosion of their land this winter, Napans took to the Napa Valley Expo on Nov. 29 for the promise of free supplies and advice courtesy of the Napa Valley Grapegrowers and a cadre of county ...