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 ...
RENO, Nev. – Pinyon-juniper woodlands host unique wildlife and wildlife habitat, as well as areas for hiking and outdoor recreation. They are also part of a web of healthy ecosystems that, together, ...
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 ...
Pinyon-juniper woodlands host unique wildlife and wildlife habitat, as well as areas for hiking and outdoor recreation. They are also part of a web of healthy ecosystems that, together, help to ...
This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A nasal, laughing bird call echoed through the Ortiz Mountains in northern New Mexico this September. A couple ...
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 ...
Sep. 19—Tlahuicole Morales Cortes was far up a piñon tree as a pack of people stooped over below him on the slopes of the rocky landscape northeast of Santa Fe, their heads lowered and eyes trained ...
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 ...
This article was originally featured on Undark. A nasal, laughing bird call echoed through the Ortiz Mountains in northern New Mexico this September. A couple of pinyon jays chattered loudly as they ...
Karen Fischer is an independent writer, editor, and reporter who specializes in food writing that highlights desert communities, aquaculture, and culinary traditions of the American Southwest and Gulf ...