Anyone who has spent much time in Nevada knows the state’s official flower is actually a shrub known as Artemisia tridentate—or sagebrush. The scruffy green-gray bush thrives just about everywhere in ...

The Elk Mountains displayed bright colors on a frosty morning in early October. The sky was blue, the air was clear, and aspen displayed their full range of fall foliage colors. The rising sun’s light ...

The Elk Mountains displayed bright colors on a frosty morning in early October. The sky was blue, the air was clear, and aspen displayed their full range of fall foliage colors. The rising sun's light ...

Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) is a key foundational species in an ecosystem that is threatened by invasion of cheatgrass and the subsequent increase in fire frequency. Critical to the ...

Even-aged plants of 21 big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) accessions were grown in a uniform garden to test growth parameter variation. Growth parameters measures (height, crown diameter, yield, and ...

LOGAN, UTAH, USA- Scientists from Utah State University developed a new way to use long-term population data to model how species could respond to climate change in the future. Using thousands of ...

We investigated the herbivory tolerance characteristics of shrubs in a comparative study of two Great Basin shrub species with different abilities to tolerate browsing. Simulated winter browsing ...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is now taking comments on a massive vegetation project for the Great Basin and adjacent areas of the Colorado Plateau. The PEIS for Fuels Reduction and Rangeland ...

The “Sagebrush Sea” is one of the most extensive ecosystems in the American West. Sagebrush dominates the landscape but a complex web of flora and fauna make the ‘sea’ their home. Follow the colored ...

California sagebrush in the southern part of the state will adjust better to climate change than sagebrush populations in the north, according to researchers. California sagebrush in the southern part ...