Cheatgrass scientist Matt Germino takes us across Southern Idaho, where the plant has wreaked havoc on native ecosystems. Despite the assurances of experts, this looks to be the fate of the Gunnison Valley, too.

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Episode 3: If they had know, they would have fought

What's a beautiful mountain valley to do when an invasive plant takes hold? Cheatgrass, an exotic grass from Eurasia, has overrun millions of acres in the American West. This show explores a place on the front lines of the invasion--the Gunnison Valley of Colorado. We meet the people defending the valley from cheatgrass and fighting to save an endangered species from extinction.

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