grasslands

The goal is to increase the diversity of plant species in grasslands and remove invasive woody plants.

Dogs trained to sniff out invasive plants are the latest weapon in the war against weeds that threaten to choke off vast stretches of native forests and grasslands across the West.

Roaming rhinoceroses and galloping zebras wander the grasslands while African wild dogs lurk in the shadows looking for an easy meal.

The U.S. Forest Service is taking public comments in Seattle on a proposed management rule for about 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands.

Surveying undulating grasslands that disappear into the western Kansas horizon, retired farmer Joe Govert pointed out parcel after parcel no longer enrolled in a federal program that pays property owners not to farm environmentally sensitive land.