U.S. Sagebrush

The Silent Spring  discusses the removal of sagebrush in the United States. This was to be done to make room for more grass to be grown in order to provide more area for cattle to graze. Because the book was written in 1962, I decided to look into the current state of the sagebrush. According to an article posted by the USGS, settlement and agriculture have led to a decline in more than half of the sagebrush nationally,with Wyoming containing the most. Several Wyoming and Federal agencies worked together to form the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative to help take a more environmentally friendly approach to enhance energy development while protecting the natural environment.