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 ...

Pinyon jays are a vulnerable and rarely seen species that has experienced a sharp population decline. But it turns out that ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding Pinyon Jays to the endangered species list. The agency started a 12-month evaluation of the species earlier this month ...

A pinyon jay sits in a juniper tree. The bird is a keystone species whose range extends across 13 Western states. Credit: NPS This story was originally published by Undark and is republished here ...

ALBUQUERQUE – Collecting piñon nuts has been tradition for Native American and Hispanic families in the Southwest for generations. But environmentalists are concerned that without the pinyon jay – a ...

WEBVTT BARK BEETLES ARE BACK IN NEW MEXICO, AND IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR PINON PINE TREES - YOU NEED TO ACT NOW. FIRST ALERT METEOROLOGIST ERIC GREEN HAS THE TIPS, TO HELP YOU SAVE YOUR TREES. THE ...

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 ...

Scientists still have new leaves to turn over when it comes to understanding tree mechanics, as demonstrated by a recent study from Los Alamos National Laboratory, which found some plants may react ...

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 ...