Science

The morning air still carried a cool bite when the first young anglers arrived at the Kemmerer Community Fishing Pond on June 13. By 7 a.m., the banks were alive with the sound of reels spinning, lines sailing through the air, and the kind of barely contained excitement that only a kid with a fishing rod can produce.

University of Wyoming researcher Walker Bensch is studying how grazing and trampling by elk and cattle influence native bees, wildflowers and pollinator habitat on public lands near Fossil Butte National Monument.

Across the rugged terrain of the Plaster City Open Area in western Imperial County, California, a different kind of off-road vehicle traveled across BLM-managed land.

Workers at the ONA native-plant nursery are currently growing, installing and experimenting with a mix of native plants adapted for a volatile environment that is increasingly vulnerable to erosion, flooding, intense storm events.

Despite the weather, the Jupiter History Day Festival turned out to be a day filled with positive energy, community spirit, and plenty of rain slickers.