Show Inspection Shows Taking Pest Beating in La Sal Sol Mountains s A recent aerial Inspection o of national forest lands land In the In Region has reveal reveals revealed ed widespread Insect activity In pinon pines throughout parts o of Utah and Nevada Thousands o of these are harvested a hs Christmas trees each year am and the trees are als also highly valued for the pine nuts nuu they produce According to Joet Joe Frykman timber man management ement chief for forthe forthe the r region glon the have been hit In southwestern Utah and southeastern Nevada by a scale Insect which sucks lUcks Juice from the needles Loss toss of needles ruIns ruins ru ro- ru- ru ins the pinon as a Chrismas tree and weakens It hampering pine nut production Forest ServIce Service Service Ser Ser- vice entomologists report that scale infestations usually last I for several years then die out from natural causes cames rarely ins In In Inflicting extensive tree mortality A large targe outbreak of needle needle- chewing near Pioche Nev was controlled last fall faU by a combination of adverse weather er and Insect parasites The In ins In I had persisted for tor several sev eral years Periodically small beetles called which feed teed beneath the bark build to epidemic pro proportions portions killing thousands thousand of ot pinon pines pLes The are apparently apparently apparently at low level this thU year except ex cx- for buildups on three me me- meas pas as east of Moab Utah on the LaSal Mantl-LaSal National Forest Some trees were killed there last tast year reat When the bugs keep chewing a a. tree parasite dwarf mistletoe I is seriously affecting large pinon pinon pin pin- pinon on stands year ear Reno neM Nev Pee Fes- stent long term long erm outbreaks of mistletoe ca can t kill km trees and a number of are reported report d dying from the parasite now Although artificial control against most pinon pine l pests has not been developed outbreaks o out outbreaks t- t breaks are usually rather short lived and effectively controlled by lY natural factors |