The shrub-steppe is an arid ecosystem, and while you might think an arid area wouldn’t host much species diversity, that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Bird watchers, horseback riders and hikers at W.E. Johnson Park were shocked in early May to discover 10 acres of shrub steppe habitat — sagebrush — destroyed in Richland’s least developed park.

In the Columbia Basin region, over 80% of the historic shrub steppe ecosystem has disappeared, according to state wildlife officials. About 90 acres of shrub steppe were destroyed as a result of ...

Bird watchers, horseback riders and hikers at W.E. Johnson Park were shocked in early May to discover 10 acres of shrub steppe habitat — sagebrush — destroyed in Richland’s least developed park.

Miller: What is shrub-steppe? Livingston: Shrub-steppe is a term we use for a sagebrush-dominated landscape that also has an understory of grasses. Steppe is the Russian term for grassland.

Work crews return to W.E. Johnson Park in December, seven months after a Richland project meant to restore 10 acres of shrub steppe habitat — sagebrush — went awry. The effort was well ...

The city was required to pay to replace two times the acreage of shrub steppe impacted by the project— about $190,000 — to the Franklin Conservation District.

Feb. 14—OLYMPIA — Washington's nickname, "the Evergreen State," doesn't only apply to the green of the pine trees but also applies to the green of the shrub-steppe that covers most of Eastern ...

Beaver Vesper Meadows. Episode 48 | 2m 6s. A 1,000-acre mix of upland wet meadows, conifer forests, and open shrub-steppe hillslopes. 02/09/2024 ...