Sugar Pine Dies (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Sugar Pine Dies

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An old-growth sugar pine in the Sierra Nevada Range in California dies after a bark beetle attack. Warmer temperatures that reduce snow pack, prolong drought and favors insects could be affecting trees.

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Jerry Franklin/University of Washington

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