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Home > Ecosystems > Shrub-Steppe
 Hedgehog cactus (Pediocactus simpsonii). Photograph by Walt Lockwood. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. |
Shrub-Steppe Series: What About Shrub-Steppe?
Livestock Grazing on Public Lands
From Grazing Lands Forum, Yakima, September 26, 2007, presentation by George Wooten
Shrub-steppe Ecology from WSU-Tricities: http://www.tricity.wsu.edu/shrub_steppe/
Database for Sage Grouse and Shrubsteppe Management in the Intermountain West:
http://sagemap.wr.usgs.gov/
Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project
http://www.sagestep.org/
Shrub-Steppe Conservation Prioritization in Washington State
Hanford Reach National Monument Grasslands and Shrub-Steppe Habitats
Educational materials on Shrub-Steppe Habitats for children from the Wenatchee School District
Useful shrub-steppe botanical publications:
Watchable Wildflower, a Columbia Basin Guide produced by the United States Bureau of Land Management is available from the Bureau of Land Management. To obtain a copy contact the Spokane District (509) 536-1200 or the Wenatchee Resource Area (509) 665-2100.
The Nature Conservancy of Washington. Undated. Singing Grass, Burning Sage: Discovering Washington’s Shrub-steppe. Graphic Arts Center Publishing.
O’Connor, G., and Karen Wieda. 2001. Northwest Arid Lands: An Introduction to the Columbia Basin Shrub-steppe. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press.
Taylor, Ronald J. 1992. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Co.