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. But that's what ...

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 ...

Cheatgrass, Bromus tectorum, is an invading species that now dominates millions of acres in North America. Although it is found in all of the 50 states, it has been particularly troublesome in ...

Standing sometimes only inches high, it's hard to believe that such a small grass could be responsible for such environmental and economic havoc. An invasive species brought accidentally from Europe ...

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 ...

Cheatgrass, sometimes called downy brome, is one of the most invasive weeds in North America. Since it was introduced via Eurasian grain imports in the 1800s, cheatgrass has put down roots in every ...

New research that relied in part on satellite images suggests that cheatgrass, an invasive species brought west by settlers in the 1800s, is one cause for the larger, hotter and more frequent range ...

BOISE, Idaho — Cheatgrass can be a dirty word for land managers in the West. Sure, they marvel at the invasive species’ toughness and respect its stubborn ability to muscle out native bunch grasses of ...

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.