Grasses tend to be undervalued but have influenced the trajectory of human history through their domestication as food staples, as well as natural ecosystems worldwide. YIBS Associate Director, Carla Staver (Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University) & former YIBS Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental Scholar, Caroline Strömberg (Estella B. Leopold Professor in Biology and Curator of Paleobotany, University of Washington) share their perspectives regarding the history and difficulties of managing grasslands and savannas in a recent Science publication. Click here to read the article.