A large mature Jeffrey Pine tree
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Native Pines, Drought & the Bark Beetle

The towering Ponderosa Pines, Jeffrey Pines, and reddish-barked Incense Cedars overhead survived a brutal 2002–2004 drought that left millions of weakened pines to the native bark beetle, feeding the 2003 Old Fire that threatened Crestline.

Crestline, California2002 – 2004Written by historians, never AIResearched & written by Luke Ollett, Janine Jenkins

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