Grand Mesa penstemon (Penstemon mensarum) is a tall, dark-blue-flowered plant in the Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family) that is known only from the vicinity of Grand Mesa in Gunnison, Delta, Mesa, and Pitkin counties, Colorado. This distinctive species is not known from anywhere else in the world, and is considered to be imperiled at a global and state level. One of the biggest conservation issues for this imperiled plant species is the lack of awareness...

Roan Cliffs blazing star (Nuttallia rhizomata) is a low, sprawling, rhizomatous plant with bright yellow flowers with five petals. This species is known only from Garfield County in Colorado, and nowhere else in the world. and is considered to be imperiled at a global and state level. One of the biggest conservation issues for this imperiled plant species is the lack of awareness of its existence and status. Avoiding or minimizing impacts to this...

A crew breaks up old pavement around a hole in the road, sets up cones, works with jackhammers, and prepares for diggers, dump trucks, and rollers to do their work, hauling in rocks and rolling the asphalt flat as they repair the road.

Two employees of the Icelandic Road Administration, Finnbogi and Alfred, spend the summer painting lines on the winding roads that stretch out to the distant horizon. With no one but each other for company, the barren wilderness becomes a place of adventure, disaster and discovery as both men reach difficult crossroads in their lives.