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Los Angeles Times
3 months ago
Los Angeles

Love them or loathe them, pinyon-juniper woodlands are a growing biofuel battleground

Pinyon pines and juniper trees are regarded as highly flammable and invasive by ranchers and land managers in the American Southwest.
These trees are being cleared from rangelands to prevent wildfires, but they are also being explored as a source of renewable energy like biofuel. [ more ]
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