These low-intensity fires did little damage to the big Ponderosa pine trees that dominated western forests.
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In the Jemez, for example, it could transform much of the ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forest into shrub land.
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If you bring a taller man into the mix, not even an actual Ponderosa Pine will help you compete.
In 2002 a fire in Oregon's Six Rivers and Siskiyou national forests scorched 500, 000 acres of Douglas fir and ponderosa pine.
The Douglas fir, which produces more seeds than the Ponderosa pine but is much less tolerant of drought or fire, did especially well.
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Mr. WALLY COVINGTON (Northern Arizona University): To try to extrapolate results from hemlock, Douglas fir, western ridge cedar to Ponderosa pine or to loblolly pine is nuts.
But after some so-so deals, including one for Ponderosa, he left Wall Street, became an art dealer and spent years in Switzerland before returning to New York.
And then move up into Ponderosa pines, then in upper elevations spruce and fir forest, and then finally to some sort of alpine tundra up at the top.
The National Centre for Conservation Science and Policy is working on legislation that would allow logging in eastern Oregon's forests, which are largely filled with dry Ponderosa pines.
Overall, the resort is a clever update of the grand mountain lodge tradition, with comfortable interiors of slate and cedar that offer floor-to-ceiling views of thousands of Jeffrey and ponderosa pines scattered across the valley.
Ira (Dr. Ike) Padnos is an anesthesiologist who has poured much of his free time and spare cash into the Ponderosa Stomp, a two-day show that runs at the House of Blues Apr. 28 and 29.
Law enforcement officials say the letter pictured here was left by the alleged Washington-area snipers on October 19, near a Ponderosa restaurant in Ashland, Virginia, where a 37-year-old man from Melbourne, Florida, was shot and critically wounded.
Ponderosa pine forests are now dangerously dense.
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Tucked between the Castle and Little Belt mountain ranges, the ranch has 9, 000 deeded acres, five reservoirs, 3 miles of the trout-rich North Fork of the Musselshell River, and antelope, deer and elk that roam the mix of bald hills and stands of Douglas fir and ponderosa pines.
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