A beetle no bigger than a grain of rice is threatening to do a Paul-Bunyan-size job on area pinon pines. Aided by drought, the pinon bark beetle is killing off an increasing number of pinon trees in ...
ESPANOLA — New Mexico’s iconic piñon trees (P. edulis), sometimes called the Two Needle Piñon, is engrained into the culture and lives of the people of our state. It has been important to the ...