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  • Residents of Montana's High Plains are angry - but not at the real threats

    Residents of Montana's High Plains are angry - but not at the real threats

    Though climate change and the economy are the issues threatening their livelihoods, many of the High Plains people are angry at almost everything else.

    by Joe Wilkins, Feb 03, 2012
  • It may be High Noon for tumbleweed

    It may be High Noon for tumbleweed

    The tumbleweed may seem like a Western icon, but actually it's an invasive nuisance that scientists are struggling to control.

    by Emilene Ostlind, May 20, 2011
  • The birds and the bee(tle)s

    The birds and the bee(tle)s

    A controversial tamarisk control program is shut down over worries that it threatens rare southwestern willow flycatchers.

    by Rachel Zurer, Oct 13, 2010
  • Bring in the cows

    Bring in the cows

    Ecological consultant Stuart Weiss believes that carefully managed grazing could help save a rare California butterfly from extinction.

    by J. Madeleine Nash , May 25, 2009

  • Beetle Warfare

    Scientists unleash a new weapon in the fight against invasive tamarisk – a tiny exotic beetle from Kazakhstan.

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Nov 26, 2007

  • The Weed-wackers

    Botanist Sue Rutman has had surprising success just yanking up buffelgrass, but herbicides remain the first line of defense

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Aug 20, 2007

  • Fire: Friend and foe

    Recent Western fires have cleared the stage for the rampant growth of highly flammable exotic plants such as cheatgrass and the buffelgrass now invading the Sonoran Desert

    by Paul Larmer, Aug 20, 2007

  • Bonfire of the Superweeds

    In Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, good intentions are responsible for the introduction of exotic buffelgrass – but all the good intentions in the world may not be enough to save the desert now that this invasive and fire-prone plant is spreading

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Aug 20, 2007

  • A dustup over weed control

    The BLM’s plans to spray nearly a million acres with herbicides have some environmentalists fuming, but biologists and land managers welcome the policy.

    by Eve Rickert, Jul 24, 2007
 

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