Mixed unnoticed among sacks of grain carried by European settlers during the late 1800s, the dry, wiry seeds crossed the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last month’s Cheyenne Audubon guest speaker was Jake Courkamp, a research scientist in the Restoration Ecology Lab at Colorado ...

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 ...

A report released today illuminates the causes of cheatgrass spread and compares the effectiveness of various methods to restore invaded plant communities. The report reviews over 500 studies spanning ...

Today's environmental threat comes to us from Europe, southwestern Asia, and northern Africa. It is the Bromus tectorum, also known as cheatgrass, broncograss, downy brome, downy chess, and soft chess ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The same cheatgrass that clings to hikers' socks and dogs' fur throughout the Boise Foothills can pose a serious health risk to ...

After decades of cheatgrass-fueled wildfires across Nevada, researchers at UNR are testing whether cattle can help restore ...

In Rabbit Valley near the Colorado-Utah border, some signs indicate that aster could stymie the dominance of the invasive species Cheatgrass, Bromus tectorum, is an invading species that now dominates ...

Cheatgrass is spreading across Idaho — fueling fast-moving wildfires and crowding out native plants. Here's how Idaho Fish ...

Reporting from 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.

Ranchers often argue that cattle grazing is the best way to combat cheatgrass, an aggressive invader that has taken over vast areas of the Great Basin, destroying the native sagebrush ecosystem and ...