The Palouse grasslands have long been known to be of ecological significance and import. Stretching across state lines in Washington, Idaho and Oregon, the landscape of rolling hills, fertile ...

These images of the Palouse Grasslands, in rural Washington state, were painstakingly harvested over a period of days, then overlaid on one another to give the sharpest and most stunning quality ...

the property has three distinct ecosystems — canyon grasslands, Palouse prairie and forest land, Old said. It’s the prairie that is of most value and also the most unique. Before Europeans ...

PLUMMER, Idaho -- Almost $1 million is coming to the Coeur d'Alene Tribe to help restore the Palouse native grassland. $937,212 was awarded to the Tribe by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to ...

The rolling grasslands of the region, called the Palouse, are believed to be the species’ historic habitat. But the second worm came from a more surprising location: a forested slope above the ...

Most grasslands worldwide are not very intact. Take, for example, Washington's Palouse. "The Palouse prairie was once covered with native bunch grasses. That area has been converted to agriculture ...

The giant Palouse earthworm, a species first described in 1897, was once thought to be abundant only in grasslands of the Palouse area, although it has been located near Ellensburg, Washington.

Only about 1% of the original Palouse grasslands still exist, as conversion to agriculture destroyed more than 99%. The remaining grasslands are highly fragmented. Zooming in, we can see swirling ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, 94 percent of the grasslands and 97 percent of the wetlands in the Palouse bioregion have been converted to crops, hay or pasture. Jensen says it's ...

The giant Palouse earthworm, a species first described in 1897, was once thought to be abundant only in grasslands of the Palouse area, although it has been located near Ellensburg, Washington. While ...