Kern pine forests ravaged by drought, insatiable beetle

Milky-white sap bleeds from the ponderosa pine, oozing in globs from old woodpecker-gouged holes and tiny bores left by western pine bark beetles.The pine’s needles have lost their vibrant green, fading to a fatigued olive. The sap, the tree’s natural defense against beetles, has been overcome by Path to Full Story on The Bakersfield Californian

Posted: Saturday Aug-20-2016 7:30 PM

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