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Scientist finds Jeffrey pine trees at record mountain heights, suggesting climate-driven shifts in Sierra Nevada.
Arizona has begun the first phase of a wildfire prevention project around the mountain community of Pine Lake.
A UC Davis professor's pleasure hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the ...
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By removing the brush between the mature pine trees, the fire crew is creating ... In April 2021, a wildfire ignited in the Hualapai Mountains and exploded across 1,200 acres within a day.
A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.
The resulting outbreak painted expanses of green mountains reddish-orange and gray as the beetles killed countless pine trees across the region. Colorado’s popular recreation areas were hit ...
Pine trees, like oaks and magnolias ... Its proximity to the Appalachian Mountains and Atlantic Ocean, its slightly sub-tropical climate and its relative proximity to the Caribbean and ...
Mountain Pine Beetles are native to Colorado, and Till said the recent population increase may be due to increased stress on trees. He added those stressors can be anything from fires to lack of ...
Take a look at snow totals, and see pictures from across the region from the spring snowstorm that impacted southern Colorado ...