SF New Mexican: Drought, insects killing trees in Southern N.M.
“Officials in New Mexico tried to put this year’s tree die-off into perspective by noting that heavily forested areas in Alaska and even Colorado have seen signs of tree mortality over millions of acres.” Yes, but I’ve never seen it happen with the rapidity it displayed in 2003. Three months is all it took - from live to dead. 90% of the pinons in northern NM gone. Luckily, I can drive a few minutes over to Pecos where the river flows and maintains the water table a little better, and see what our treed landscape *used* to look like.
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