Land clearing involves removing boulders, rocks, old structures and vegetation—like trees, shrubs and grass—from your property. Though overlapping, land grading and leveling aren’t ...

Vegetation-clearing curbs in fire-prone regions to be eased. By Peter Hannam. Updated May 29, 2014 — 2.53pm first published at 1.41pm. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later.

Due to growing concerns over the extent of clearing and its impacts on biodiversity, the Queensland government initiated the Vegetation Management Act 1999 to assess clearing on freehold land.

UniSA ecologist Associate Professor Sophie (Topa) Petit says the increase in seed set near vegetation, compared to the center of a field, was up to 20% higher for canola and 12% higher for faba beans.

Caltrans said this is so crews can clear vegetation in the area. CASTROVILLE, Calif. — Caltrans announced that a part of Highway 156 will be under one-way traffic control on Wednesday and Thursday.

Fire experts say trimming the vegetation directly around a home goes a long way in reducing fire danger, but clearing vast areas of Los Angeles' chaparral brush could actually make the problem worse.

Clearing native vegetation is not environmentally sound. That is common sense. Now Australian researchers have shown that consequent on such practices droughts have become hotter in the country.

Accenture analysts estimate that utilities spend “around $6 billion to $ 8 billion annually on clearing vegetation from overhead lines.” An IDC Research 3 survey found that for a third of respondents, ...

LUMA’s analysis of vegetation-caused outages, and its significant impact on communities across Puerto Rico, resulted in the development of this historic island-wide vegetation clearing initiative.