Mar. 20—For 18 months, Paul Reimus has led the battle in his neighborhood against a resurgent bark beetle invading piñon trees. He and others have enjoyed a winter respite from the beetles, but that ...

While Sanchez said he doesn't know how many trees he will sell this month, "we're feeling a good Christmas vibe from the ...

Varlin Higbee walks through a dense pinyon-juniper woodland in Lincoln County, Nev. The county commissioner would like to see the trees harvested and used for the production of biofuel. (Louis Sahagun ...

Piñon pine (Pinus edulis) is New Mexico’s state tree. Slow-growing and long-lived, it supports our native ecosystem. Piñons provide cover for many birds year-round, and the piñon jay and the piñon ...

Bob Hammon says there’s one word to describe western Colorado’s pinon forests. “Changing,” he said. Look around local pinon-juniper forests, and it’s easy to pick out red-needled pinon trees standing ...

WEBVTT BARK BEETLES ARE BACK IN NEW MEXICO, AND IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR PINON PINE TREES - YOU NEED TO ACT NOW. FIRST ALERT METEOROLOGIST ERIC GREEN HAS THE TIPS, TO HELP YOU SAVE YOUR TREES. THE ...

The Roaring Fork Valley is ripe for an infestation of a beetle that will wipe out pinon trees covering thousands of acres, according to a top forestry expert on the West Slope. John Denison, the ...

ALBUQUERQUE – Collecting piñon nuts has been tradition for Native American and Hispanic families in the Southwest for generations. But environmentalists are concerned that without the pinyon jay – a ...

ALBUQUERQUE – Good news for pine nut lovers. Not so good for allergy sufferers. A five-year inventory of New Mexico’s forested lands shows positive growth rates among the state’s most important piñon ...

A new study sheds new light on what is happening in pinyon-juniper woodlands across the West. The research is unique, in that it looks at both tree mortality, as well as recruitment, or new seedlings ...

Tall, bushy, spiny and fragrant, the pinyon pine is a beloved feature of the Mountain West — and not just for its beauty. The tiny piñon nuts in the tree’s cones are so good, people in the region have ...