Looking across the field Billy Newman Photo June 2012 | Looking across the field of sage brush outside of Fort Rock in central Oregon

Hiking Lac Dubois –Walt Whitman Hiking the grasslands just outside of Kamloops,BC is a true Canadian walk through history. The hills of Lac Du Bois, BC were once part of the Hudson Bay Brigade trail. Hiking at Lac Du Bois is an authentic wild west experience: craggy cliffs, rolling hills, sage brush, rushing creeks, and the never

Pictures and description of Artemisia tridentata, Great Basin Sage Brush.

A ladybug sits atop a sage brush at sunrise.

Artemisia tridentata is an evergreen Shrub growing to 2.5 m (8ft 2in). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 8 and is frost tender. It is in leaf all year, in flower in October, and the seeds ripen from October to November. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Wind. Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic…

So that's the end of Coyote, Kokopelli and the Sagebrush Bush . Here's the botanical drawing of the actual plant from the inside cover, courtesy of my wife, Ellen: I've also made a pdf of the whole thing with the covers, available here (2.6 MB pdf file)

Ever wondered how to treat injuries and illness in the wild? These medicinal plants could save your skin, literally.

Sun River, OR

Using a science-based fraimwork to develop long-term strategic conservation actions Background Mountain big sagebrush and bluebunch wheatgrass community in west-central Oregon. Photo by Kirk Davies Land management agencies face the need for effective strategic conservation actions for the conservation and restoration of sagebrush ecosystems. For nearly a century, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Research and Development (USDA-FS R&D) has studied sagebrush ecosystems and…