Should Montanan's Stop Burning Sage? Some Experts Says Yes
It appears that the white sage plant (the most common smudge sage you'll find in shops and online) is being overharvested.
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It appears that the white sage plant (the most common smudge sage you'll find in shops and online) is being overharvested.
Pictures of Prineville circa 1880 show a sea of grass and very few trees — and expanse that drew ranchers by the hundreds to settle in central Oregon.
The Utah Department of Natural Resources has been hard at work this past fiscal year restoring 164,064 acres of watersheds and habitats throughout the state.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved more than $1 million in spending on four Montana projects to restore and conserve sagebrush ecosystems.
Besides the devastating effect on sagebrush-dependent wildlife, Maestas points out there are also economic impacts of the encroachment.