"So it's more of a sediment control than an erosion control." Kordon, along with partner Dwayne Shypkoski, began the process of setting up a wattle-making shop in June, Shypkoski says. They ordered a ...

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 ...

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 ...

I don’t like to use redwood lumber as garden bed edging any more than necessary, and especially not 2-by-12 lumber, which needs to come from larger trees. The solution I’ve found is straw wattles.

Project aims to preserve hillside at old mine site near Durango PERINS PEAK – Bright-colored straw logs being used for erosion control contrast with dark-green vegetation on steep terrain left bare ...