“This intricate plant is fighting to survive, and we have to use all the tools we can to keep it from going extinct.” Slickspot peppergrass is a flowering sagebrush-steppe plant threatened by ...

“This plant is struggling to survive, and we’re hopeful the critical habitat designation will help put it on the path to recovery.” Slickspot peppergrass is a flowering sagebrush-steppe plant ...

It’s helped me understand how plants and animals work together.” In Wyoming, the leading threats to sagebrush steppe habitat include wildfire, invasive species, and overgrazing by livestock.

The pause let the city consult with Tapteal Greenway, the Native Plant Society and ... become a test site for planting sagebrush, the anchor species for shrub steppe habitat.

The imperiled bird species even slightly avoided manipulated swaths of the sagebrush-steppe landscape ... to not be as resilient.” Flowering plants tend to increase in areas where mountain ...