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Article: Trouble in pinon country.(News from the world of Trees)(bark beetle outbreak causes of dying pinon pines )
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- American Forests
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Large numbers of pinon pines are dying in the pinon-juniper forests of the Southwest due to a bark beetle outbreak triggered by several years of severe drought.
Covering portions of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and west Texas, the pinon-juniper forest is the West's largest forest ecosystem. These open woodlands provide habitat for birds, small mammals, and mule deer and are the dominant vegetation in many of the region's national parks and monuments, including Arches, Colorado National Monument, Cedar Breaks, Mesa Verde, and Grand Canyon. Pinon nuts were a staple in the diet of indigenous people of the Southwest and today are an ingredient ...
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