One of the Gunnison Basin's top sage-grouse experts explains why the threatened species has hit a record population low. We look at how the grim grouse numbers intersect with cheatgrass expansion.

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Episode 4: Bombshell in a bad way

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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