 Well, winter is a tough time in Wyoming, and anything that lives here has to be adapted to it. And usually you think of snow as part of the problem. But for some of the woody plants, the shrubs and trees, the snow is actually a benefit. It's a necessary water source. And what you see behind me here is an example of how the plant actually helps itself. Because as the wind blows across this landscape, the velocity is broken by the shrubs. That settles the snow out, so there's a drift forming there. When that snow melts, it provides water for the shrubs, and they need a little more of it than these grasses and wildflowers. So the shrubs create the drift. The drift makes it possible for the shrubs to live there. So remember that while we think of snow drifts as being a problem many times, they're also a benefit to some of the living things that make Wyoming special. I'm Gene Gade from the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service.