pinyon
Americannoun
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The lawsuit claims the plan would eradicate habitat for imperiled sage grouse and pinyon jays with techniques including “chaining” — the dragging of an anchor chain from a U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
It is high desert; ocotillos, scrubby junipers and sagebrush bushes dot the earth between the pinyon pines that give her unincorporated community its name.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
While environmentalists say there still is much research to be done on pinyon jays, it was well known by the 1970s that the birds’ habits revolved around harvesting, stashing and later retrieving pine seeds.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Firefighters fled the 750-foot-high fire front — as tall as a 53-floor building — as it chewed through pine, pinyon and juniper dried by a record-hot spring.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2022
From the summit of the wall the plateau waved away in red and yellow ridges, with here and there little valleys green with cedar and pinyon.
From The Rainbow Trail by Grey, Zane
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