Ponderosa pine is a tree that grows in Washington generally on the east side of the Cascades. JBLM is the only place in Western Washington where you can find the ponderosa pine. It may occur here due ...

Samaras were helicoptering down and everyone was scrambling to get them. As ponderosa pines develop seeds in cones, a long wing is attached that slows their descent through the air. Poets say this is ...

Fireflies sparkle in wetlands within the Boulder Creek floodplain. Look for them after sunset at Sawhill Ponds, Twin Lakes and in wet meadows west of Cherryvale Road. Young peregrine falcons fledge ...

An environmental enigma in Keystone at least a decade in the making was finally cracked this past week, and the unpredictable event could have ramifications for generations to come. The ponderosa pine ...

The caching of whitebark pine seeds by the Clark's nutcracker in late summer and early fall may not be enough to regenerate populations of the imperiled conifer in most of its range, scientists have ...

ALONG THE BURNT MESA TRAIL, N.M. (AP) - 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 ...

Ponderosa pine regeneration in the Southern Rocky Mountains has become a concern for forest management as fires increase in their intensity and duration, leaving behind homogeneous landscapes that ...

MORA, N.M. - A warmer, drier climate is predicted to be the norm for the already historically arid forests of the Southwest. Climate change is a natural occurrence. Plant life has been able to adapt ...

With warmer temperatures, an increase in the frequency of drought and the severity of wildfires on the rise, many scientists say the necessity of seed collection and reforestation efforts has become ...

The caching of whitebark pine seeds by the Clark's nutcracker in late summer and early fall may not be enough to regenerate populations of the imperiled conifer in most of its range, scientists have ...