Results for keyword: weeds
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Killing for conservation in national parks
Getting weeds out of the national parks is an endless war that can never be won, but many Park Service employees are willing - and happy - warriors.
by Amy Whitcomb, Oct 16, 2011 -
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 19, 2011 -
Today's garden plants can be tomorrow's invasives
Some popular ornamental garden plants have become invasive, particularly in California.
by Ilsa Setziol, Apr 26, 2011 -
As seas rise, cities retreat
Climate change is threatening West Coast cities.
by Nathan Rice, Apr 17, 2011 -
My love affair with dandelions
Jeannie Pomeroy’s lifelong love affair with dandelions blooms anew with every spring.
by Jeannie Pomeroy, May 26, 2008 -
Why bad people do good things for our public lands
Rob Pudim is a basically selfish guy who also works very hard as a volunteer on the public lands.
by Rob Pudim, 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 -
Tipping the scales towards native species
In Unnatural Landscapes, Ceiridwin Terrill travels to four arid sites to show how scientists fight to protect indigenous organisms from invasive species
by Aaron Gilbreath, May 14, 2007 -
Aliens in the Backyard: Plant and Animal Imports to America
John Leland’s book, Aliens in the Backyard, discusses both the dangers and the benefits arising from the vast number of exotic species in North America – including human beings
by Staff, Sep 05, 2005 -
Laboring for the environment
The challenge of restoring one overgrazed, weed-choked pasture is a good example of the kind of work that needs to be done in the West, to the benefit of both workers and the environment
by Paul Larmer, May 24, 2004
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