Idaho Matters

A study of sagebrush in the Boise Foothills could help preserve the plant across the West

Sagebrush is on the decline in the west including Idaho, thanks in part to wildfires and loss of habitat.Leonora Bittleston is an assistant professor in the department of biological sciences at Boise State University and she's studying the bacteria and other microscopic "bugs" that live on the leaves of the sagebrush plants in the Boise foothills. She's here to talk with Gemma about the study.

Broadcast on:: 14 Mar 2022

Boise State EPSCoR GEM3 project, Bittleston Lab group field work in Dry Creek collecting sagebrush, photo by Priscilla Grover(Priscilla Grover/Boise State University)

Sagebrush is on the decline in the west including Idaho, thanks in part to wildfires and loss of habitat.

Leonora Bittleston is an assistant professor in the department of biological sciences at Boise State University and she's studying the bacteria and other microscopic "bugs" that live on the leaves of the sagebrush plants in the Boise foothills. She's here to talk with Gemma about the study.