Location 2: Palouse Prairie, Washington

Last week I explored the Russian Steppe. Today i have moved on to the Palouse Prairie in Washington. There was some interesting wildlife to see. Such as the yellow-bellied Marmot, for example. It looks and acts similar to a Mole or Gopher. There are also some reptiles and amphibians. The climate is very similar to the California grasslands. The strange shape of this landscape was actually a little related to fire. For thousands of years, Native Americans set periodic, cool-burning fires that did not damage perennial grasses. Without frequent burning to reduce fuel levels, conditions were ideal for rare but intense fires that destroyed the native perennial species and allowed alien grasses and annual forbs to invade. That was a majority of what i saw on my hike.