The largest remaining swath of native Palouse prairie will be preserved thanks to a transaction that moved hundreds of acres of Steptoe Butte into public ownership. Kent Bassett, of Bellevue, ...

CHENEY – Rolling hills of farmland pervade much of what’s to the immediate west of the Eastern Washington University campus in Cheney. One particular 120-acre stretch was once part of the Palouse ...

Up a dirt road behind Eastern Washington University's football stadium, a ridge overlooks an expanse of rolling wheat fields where everything is solid green, as if painted over with a broad brush.

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 ...

PULLMAN, Wash. - Phoenix Conservancy, a non-profit organization based in Pullman, is helping return the Palouse to its natural beauty. Led by Executive Director Chris Duke, the organization aims to ...

Kristy Snyder, left, an EWU master’s student studying Palouse prairie restoration, Erik Budsberg, a sustainability coordinator and project manager, Sarah Hill, a former EWU student who recently ...

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — The largest remaining area of native Palouse prairie in southeastern Washington state will be preserved thanks to a transaction that moved hundreds of acres of Steptoe Butte into ...

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) - Surrounded by family and friends, Kent Bassett appeared giddy as he took a break from scouring the slopes of Steptoe Butte for wildflowers and other native vegetation last month ...

SPOKANE -- Parts of an earthworm found near the Cascade mountain town of Leavenworth have challenged scientists' contentions that a unique, 3-foot-long native species lives only in the Palouse region ...

Nov. 1—A producer of Palouse native flower seeds, situated near the base of Paradise Ridge, is selling its inventory and equipment. Jacie and Wayne Jensen of Thorn Creek Native Seed Farm are ...