BOISE, Idaho – It sounds like science fiction: An unstoppable invader is taking over the West and the best hope to stop its relentless advance is a small team of anonymous scientists. But that's what ...

Rabbit Valley is the last exit on I70 as you drive west through Colorado. It is in the McInnis Canyons National Recreation Area and it has several places to camp, so I decided to visit. But as I drove ...

Standing sometimes only inches high, it's hard to believe that such a small grass could be responsible for such environmental and economic havoc. An invasive species brought accidentally from Europe ...

Cheatgrass, Bromus tectorum, is an invading species that now dominates millions of acres in North America. Although it is found in all of the 50 states, it has been particularly troublesome in ...

The Boulder County commissioners recently agreed to resume drone aerial herbicide spraying of invasive cheatgrass in the Red Hill area of Heil Valley Ranch. In February, two of the three Boulder ...

With the thermometer hovering near zero, looking forward to temperatures sufficient to support plant growth might not be in our planning horizon. However, looking forward to spring and anticipating ...

There is a long list of threats to sagebrush ecosystem health in Nevada and beyond. It includes global warming, drought, overgrazing, conifer encroachment, wildlife loss and misuse of water, among ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of the six native prairie grouse species in North America, three are extinct or endangered and three more are close behind, ...

In his seminal 1949 book A Sand County Almanac, American naturalist Aldo Leopold warned of the perils of cheatgrass—a tall and hairy invasive plant that originated in Europe and Asia. Today cheatgrass ...