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.
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 grous...
Cheatgrass scientist Matt Germino takes us across Southern Idaho, where the plant has wreaked havoc on native ecosystems. Despite the assurances of ex...
Bored high school students force Sam to eat invasive plants, we meet one of the top cheatgrass scientists in the world and learn why this plant and fi...
What does a beautiful mountain valley have to lose if the invasive plant cheatgrass takes hold? Meet the Gunnison sage-grouse, a threatened species of...