Officials: Efforts failing to save US West sagebrush land
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-efforts-west-sagebrush.html
That could mean more giant rangeland wildfires that in recent decades destroyed vast areas of sagebrush country that support some 350 species of wildlife, including imperiled sage grouse.
The top problem identified in the report is the limited ability at all levels of government to prevent invasive plants such as fire-prone cheatgrass from spreading and displacing native plants.