Don't let names fool you. From the prairie spiderwort to the hairy false golden aster, lands recovering from grazing are host to some head-turning blooms.
This past summer, 18 scientists descended on Johnson Lakes Canyon to learn whatever they could about the species that call the canyon home. Here's what they found.
You may have seen “Don’t bust the crust!” signs in national parks in the Southwest. Physical disturbances like these are as deadly to biocrusts as the clear-cutter’s saw is to an old-growth forest.
