CALIENTE, Nev. — When Varlin Higbee eyes the scrubby forest of pinyon pines and juniper trees that fill the high desert outside this old Union Pacific Railroad town, there’s just one thought that ...
Scores of saplings are choking out some pinyon pine forests in the southwestern United States, smothering the grasses that support ranchers. Researchers thinned small trees from a pinyon woodland in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Varlin Higbee walks through a dense pinyon-juniper woodland in Lincoln County, Nev. The county commissioner would like to see the ...