The Crook County Soil and Water Conservation District has been awarded a $3.5 million federal grant to enhance core sagebrush ecosystems in Oregon. The restoration effort is planned to benefit ...
There, on 75 sprawling acres of sagebrush desert, tall white fuel tanks containing liquid hydrogen, oxygen or liquid natural gas rise like pillars around a set of intricately designed test facilities.
Instead of lush grasses and wildflowers, the meadow was converting into drier species of plants, like sagebrush. Now, after a yearslong restoration project, the meadow is coming back to life.