On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:22:00 -0700, "Paddy's Pig"
wrote:


While walking I spotted a single thoroughly dried and dead branch attached
to a healthy looking green pine. I don't know if this is symptomatic of
some kind of beetle infestation or not.
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if that is a Monterey Pine it is the pitch canker which is spread by
beetles
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