Diane Howe sat under the piñon pines in the Chuska Mountains while she and her family picked piñon nuts that the tree graciously sprinkled onto the ground. Next to her lay a blue tarp to catch falling ...

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Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Tlahuicole Morales Cortes was far up a piñon tree as a pack of people stooped over below him on the slopes of ...

Tall, bushy, spiny and fragrant, the pinyon pine is a beloved feature of the Mountain West — and not just for its beauty. The tiny piñon nuts in the tree’s cones are so good, people in the region have ...

Durango area experiencing best pine nut harvest in 15 years If you like wild food, or local food, or raw food, or free food – this is the time of year and perfect location to take advantage of ...

The Nuwä people of the Mountains utilized more than 100 different species of native plants for food, but none were as prized ...

Many of you have reported flocks of pinyon jays arriving en masse to feast upon your piñon tree nuts and birdfeeders. Pinyon Jays are social creatures in all seasons. They travel in flocks and nest in ...

PECOS, N.M. (AP) – Mark Quintana gestures into the shady thicket of pine trees. His sons are in there somewhere, he says, along with a few of his cousins. Theirs is a familiar fall scene in northern ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Collecting pinon nuts has been tradition for Native American and Hispanic families in the southwestern U.S. for generations. But environmentalists are concerned that without the ...

Sep. 19—Tlahuicole Morales Cortes was far up a piñon tree as a pack of people stooped over below him on the slopes of the rocky landscape northeast of Santa Fe, their heads lowered and eyes trained ...