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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/19/us-pines-idUSTRE71I3BW20110219
Mysterious outbreak killing pines in Montana
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho | Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:23pm EST
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Bob Appleby will learn this spring if the evergreen tree in his yard in Montana has survived a mysterious outbreak threatening to kill thousands of Austrian pines across the state.
"It was a real pretty tree; we just want it to stay alive," the Bozeman, Montana man said about a towering Austrian pine cropped to 15 feet to stem the onslaught of what scientists say is an ailment of unknown origins happening in epidemic proportions...
Mysterious outbreak killing pines in Montana
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho | Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:23pm EST
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Bob Appleby will learn this spring if the evergreen tree in his yard in Montana has survived a mysterious outbreak threatening to kill thousands of Austrian pines across the state.
"It was a real pretty tree; we just want it to stay alive," the Bozeman, Montana man said about a towering Austrian pine cropped to 15 feet to stem the onslaught of what scientists say is an ailment of unknown origins happening in epidemic proportions...