Zakary Copeland, owner and operator of Aberdeen-based Idaho Goat Grazers, said the goats can often alleviate or wipe out a ...

Seventy goats are earning their keep in Pocatello this week as part of an innovative project using the grazing animals to ...

With the thermometer hovering near zero, looking forward to temperatures sufficient to support plant growth might not be in our planning horizon. However, looking forward to spring and anticipating ...

For the past couple of weeks the dog walks I have taken have become quite uncomfortable. My ankle-high boots are a tad short to protect my socks and the cheatgrass seeds have pierced my socks and the ...

Fortunately, scientists and land managers aren’t standing by. Experts issue warning about overlooked threat to iconic US creatures: 'The picture is grim if we sit back and do nothing' first appeared ...

(KUTV) — An invasive species of grass is increasing the threat of wildfires across the western United States. A Tuesday article from the Pew Charitable Trusts stated western states are experiencing a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 is about as Western as cowboy boots and sagebrush. It grows in yellowish clumps, about knee high to a horse, and likes arid land. One thing cheatgrass does is burn — in fact, more easily ...

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 ...

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 ...