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Scientists Seek To Save Endangered Western Lily

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A Western lily found near Coos Bay, Ore. (Jes Burns/OPB/EarthFix)
A Western lily found near Coos Bay, Ore. (Jes Burns/OPB/EarthFix)

A beautiful flower grows in the swampy bogs of the southern Oregon coast. But the flower, called a Western lily, is endangered and scientists are trying to figure out how to keep it from vanishing completely.

Jes Burns (@radiojes) from Oregon Public Broadcasting and EarthFix has the story.

This segment aired on February 27, 2018.

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