Aside from their characteristic needle-shaped leaves, what makes a pine tree different from the maples, oaks and beeches and other broad-leaved trees? Why do they have cones and the broad-leaf ...

The sugar pine – the tallest pine tree in North America, which grows needles in bundles of five and produces large, long pine cones – is native to Tahoe. Blister rust – a fungus that turns ...

But tucked in an office on the southwest shore of Lake Tahoe, Sugar Pine Foundation Executive Director Maria Mircheva is busy sprouting ideas for the coming spring that will shape the future of ...

The round purple pine cones hold ... too fast in the spring, preventing trout streams from drying up too early in the summer. Fortunately, she has found hope in a native fungus called Siberian ...

The round purple pine cones hold ... too fast in the spring, preventing trout streams from drying up too early in the summer. Fortunately, she has found hope in a native fungus called Siberian ...

“We’ve already planted 8,000 trees this spring ... Pine Foundation staff collect green cones from healthy pines in the local forests, plant the seeds and then inoculate the baby trees with the ...

More than 10,000 feet above sea level, miles into the backcountry of Grand Teton National Park in the areas beyond Surprise and Amphitheater Lakes, Dr. Libby Pansing spent an enti ...

By late September, the cones ... spring. Throughout the warm months, those shoots develop into tall stalks that support long leaves fanning out on opposite sides of the stem. The pine-cone-shaped ...

The round purple pine cones hold ... too fast in the spring, preventing trout streams from drying up too early in the summer. Fortunately, she has found hope in a native fungus called Siberian ...