EDiS – Environments/Habitats - #10 - "Grasslands"
In southeast Washington state one can find the last remaining vestiges of the prairie that used to extend from the mountains to eastern Oregon and Montana. The Palouse Hills were once covered with prairie grasses and flowers. Now, except for small nature preserves around Hell's Canyon and Coulee Dam, the grasslands have been replaced by agriculture. But, if you close your eyes and imagine the fields of wheat, barley and chickpeas are bunchgrass and rye, you can almost see back into the prairie's past. If you drive the winding road to the crest of Steptoe Butte, you gain the perfect vantage point for viewing the stunning beauty of the patchwork of color of the rolling hills of the Palouse.
I have a 150 ct. box of Prismacolors that I always forget to use, but I didn't this time, by crackies.
In southeast Washington state one can find the last remaining vestiges of the prairie that used to extend from the mountains to eastern Oregon and Montana. The Palouse Hills were once covered with prairie grasses and flowers. Now, except for small nature preserves around Hell's Canyon and Coulee Dam, the grasslands have been replaced by agriculture. But, if you close your eyes and imagine the fields of wheat, barley and chickpeas are bunchgrass and rye, you can almost see back into the prairie's past. If you drive the winding road to the crest of Steptoe Butte, you gain the perfect vantage point for viewing the stunning beauty of the patchwork of color of the rolling hills of the Palouse.
I have a 150 ct. box of Prismacolors that I always forget to use, but I didn't this time, by crackies.
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