High on Flagstaff Mountain, a ponderosa pine had quietly succumbed during the summer of 2020, but its green needles lingered another year to blanch in the fall of 2021. The tree was now conspicuous, ...
Retired forest ecologists Carl Fiedler and Steve Arno recently released a book called, “Ponderosa: People, Fire and the West’s Most Iconic Tree.” The men recently talked about their project on the ...
High on Flagstaff Mountain, a ponderosa pine had quietly succumbed during the summer of 2020, but its green needles lingered another year to blanch in the fall of 2021. The tree was now conspicuous, ...
Along the Burnt Mesa Trail, N.M. • With snow ready to fall, the scramble was on to collect as many ponderosa pine cones as possible. A crew outfitted with spurs, ropes and hard hats scaled hefty tree ...