Grasswidow (Olsynium douglasii) wildflowers blooming in vibrant pinks and purples in a rocky meadow in the Palouse Prairie of Washington state.

It's that time of year again! 🌱🌷🌸

Our #PalousePrairie team is thrilled for spring's return. Fieldwork is getting started to restore this endangered ecosystem, and we always make time to enjoy flowers like these Grasswidows (Olsynium douglasii)!

#Nature #PNW #Conservation #Photography #Wildflowers

Photo of native bunchgrass in the foreground and replanted forest in the background. The bunchgrass shows year old gray stalks being encroached by new green growth

Ah, I love seeing the restored #PalousePrairie on the WSU campus come to life in early spring.

#NativePlants

From the #GreatPlains pictured above to the #PalousePrairie of the inland Northwest to the forests of #Madagascar. Today, we hope you'll join us in recognizing and celebrating the numerous, diverse communities who have called this continent (and others) home since time immemorial.

Yu-mos-tos, also known as Steptoe Butte, rises above the rolling hills of the Palouse Prairie as seen from the forested north slope of Kamiak Butte.

Goodbye, summer 👋☀️

The vibrant greens that dominate the Palouse's rolling hills during summer are far behind us, and cooler autumnal weather lies ahead. Are you ready?

#Palouse #PalousePrairie #Conservation #Restoration #Nature #Washington #PNW #Photography #Landscape

A wide picture of the rolling hills of the Palouse region of eastern Washington and northern Idaho at sunrise. Native prairie, with a diversity of grasses, forbs, and shrubs, appears in the foreground and midground, with rolling agricultural fields in the background. Mountains are visible in the far distance. The sky is clear but shifts from orange to yellow to blue from right to left and down to up.

🌄Palouse sunrises never fail to disappoint 😌

View from Steptoe Butte, with endangered native prairie overlooking rolling agricultural fields.

#Conservation #Restoration #Nature #Washington #PNW #PalousePrairie #SteptoeButte #Photography

An advertisement for an estate sale operated by The Phoenix Conservancy on Saturday, August 2nd, and Sunday, August 3rd, at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

Déjà vu all over again? 🥴 Nope! We're running another estate sale. 🏷️

100% of proceeds support protection and restoration of endangered Palouse Prairie!

#Conservation #EstateSale #Event #PalousePrairie #Washington #WSU #UofI #Idaho

Image of a pioneer cemetary ground covered in blooming yellow flowers, with one gray pillar-type gravestone visible. A lilac bush is adjacent with purple flowers. The scene is brdered by a wooden rail fence, beyond which stretch mostly brown barren hills of early spring agricultural fields. The sky above, which occupies over half the image, is dark gray with thick rainclouds, though there is a hint of brighter light towards the distant horizon.

Native ecosystem, pioneer gravestone: hopes of resurrection.
#landscapephotography #palouseprairie #wildflowers #inlandnorthwest

Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida) wildflowers with vibrant red blooms in front of a striking yellow Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) in the Palouse Prairie

striking yellow Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) in front of a Servicdberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) covered in white flowers in the Palouse Prairie

Words fail me, but spring in the Palouse never does.

🔴Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida)
🟡Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)
⚪️Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)

#Nature #PalousePrairie #Photography #Wildflowers #PNW

Dawn light illuminates Saskatoon shrubs (Amelanchier alnifolia) and Arrowleaf Balsamroot wildflowers (Balsamorhiza sagittata) on a slope with rolling wheat fields and mountains in the background. The sky glows orange and yellow.

Dark-throated Shooting Star wildflowers are backlit by the morning sun in an open prairie with trees in the background

🎉 We've been counting down the days for months , but #Spring is officially HERE in the #Palouse! 🌿 Warm mornings 🌞 and lots of wildflowers 🌻 lie ahead for us in eastern #Washington, many of which will be spent restoring this endangered ecosystem.

#Nature #PalousePrairie #Conservation #Photography

A Horned Lark bird sits on snowy ground.

It's chilly out there 🥶

The Palouse Prairie has finally gotten an appreciable amount of snow ⛄, & the wildlife doesn't seem too happy about it. This Horned Lark is doing its best to stay warm by puffing up, with a side effect being absolutely adorable

#Wildlife #Winter #PalousePrairie #Photography